FYI, a new language named "Ioke" is being developed; it expressly tries to include Lisp power without Lisp's hideous syntax.
Main page: http://kenai.com/projects/ioke/ Interview of developer Ola Bini is here: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/11/ioke The Ola Bini interview is tellingly titled "The Ioke JVM Language: The power of Lisp and Ruby with an intuitive syntax". Ioke is a "strongly typed, extremely dynamic, prototype based object oriented language aims to give developers the same kind of power they get with Lisp and Ruby, combined with a nice, small, regular syntax." Interestingly, Ola emphasizes that it's homoiconic & has built-in support for several kinds of macros. Ola is another person that likes Lisp's _capabilities_ but not its _syntax_: "So, as a Lisp person, it feels slightly heretical to say this, but syntax actually matters. My goal with Ioke is to get the same kind of power I get with Lisp and Ruby, but combine it with nice, small, regular syntax." --- David A. Wheeler ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
