On 10 April 2013 15:41, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > I've spent a lot of time nibbling away at the edges of this very problem.
sometimes it makes sense: http://lesscss.org/. Sometimes not: https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki. For some crazy reason this one appeals to me: http://trydecaf.org/. ... and this is just scratching the surface ;-) Whenever someone get's deeply into language design, it's a good thing. There's lots to discover that you only realise through doing... hacking... or even (perish the thought) designing. There's something about APL / J / K that I don't get. Is it true that a lot of these innovations occurred in short time periods? I've heard a few comments and got that sense now and then. If so, we're not dealing with evolution or design by committee, but something else that hopefully Catherine will help us understand better through her documentary. Maybe someone could write a book about, "Is there hope for mortals?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
