Re: LOOKAT gone? - Compiler incest

2016-12-04 Thread David L. Craig
On 16Dec04:1431-0500, Gabe Goldberg wrote: > David Cole noted: > > In contrast, a compiler coded in its own language tends to be much > > better, user friendly in features, than a compiler coded in any other > language. > > Interesting observation. It's certainly true of

Re: LOOKAT gone? - Compiler incest

2016-12-04 Thread Gabe Goldberg
Related, I think the VM community's wonderful Melinda Varian observed that the best software is developed by people (often individuals) who actually want to use it. On the VM side, that includes Mike Cowlishaw's REXX and John Hartmann's CMS Pipelines. I'm sure z/OS has many equivalent stellar

Re: LOOKAT gone? - Compiler incest

2016-12-02 Thread Jack J. Woehr
David Cole wrote: In contrast, a compiler coded in its own language tends to be much better, user friendly in features, than a compiler coded in any other language. Interesting observation. In a word: Forth -- Jack J. Woehr # Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of

Re: LOOKAT gone? - Compiler incest

2016-12-02 Thread David Cole
In contrast, a compiler coded in its own language tends to be much better, user friendly in features, than a compiler coded in any other language. Interesting observation. At 12/2/2016 09:11 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 17:41:25 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: > >Why does