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Hmm, perhaps someone should tell him about sweet-expressions and
clojure, it could save all that new
language effort if he just ported and improved your code...

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On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:54 PM, David A. Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>
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