-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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...
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJGM7sAuLeoteRgJ0RAiqhAJ4+lpWL0116ipe8C8ARjgdWcquWKgCfbdKm xJt9dJSLvyrGpgMW6Mv3SPQ= =yQ2t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Eduardo Bellani www.cnxs.com.br "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary." The Talmud ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
