Thanks for all the input! Still working on the parser. Will post a message on its progress shortly.
I personally like SML-like syntax, which is quite different from OCaml's. After I publish the syntax for ATS3, I hope that someone could design a version for it based on Lisp's syntax. Cheers! On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 1:44:30 PM UTC-4, Brian Rogoff wrote: > > As I'm sure you're aware OCaml's syntax is not widely liked, leading to a > lot of attempts at resyntaxing (Revised, Pidgin, ReasonML amongst others) > so attempting to copy it doesn't strike me as a good idea. > SML is not widely used enough for me to have a sense of how much the > syntax was liked. > > I love Lisps, and, like Barry Schwartz, prefer it to others. However, I > realize that this is a minority opinion and many programmers *hate* it. > Probably also not a great idea if you're trying to make ATS popular, > especially amongst low level programmers. > > Python syntax is well liked (and well hated :-) by a large number of > programmers. The Nim language has a kind of Pythonesque syntax with static > typing, and it also has powerful metaprogramming features. > It's also used in low-level programming. It would be valuable to take a > look at Nim and see what lessons can be learned there. > > C language syntax is the most widely used, with C++ and Rust being the > competitors for ATS3. I happen to think D language got the template syntax > (and templates) right-er and provide a better model for template > meta-programming. A C like syntax is the safest bet IMO. > > Good luck, and please get ATS3 out there soon. > > On Sunday, September 16, 2018 at 8:58:55 AM UTC-7, gmhwxi wrote: >> >> >> It is not too late :) >> >> For meta-programming support, LISP-like syntax is definitely >> on my mind. >> >> At this point, I want to first finish designing and implementing >> some ML-like (ML-inspired) syntax for ATS. I am getting there :) >> >> Once this ML-like syntax is done, it can readily serve as the basis for >> a design of LISP-like syntax for ATS. >> >> Cheers! >> >> On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 4:03:36 PM UTC-4, Barry Schwartz wrote: >>> >>> I know this comes too late and was doomed anyway, but my opinion is the >>> best syntax is always Lisp. :) >>> >>> On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 12:15:22 PM UTC-6, gmhwxi wrote: >>>> >>>> For the moment, I just want to open a thread for ATS3. >>>> >>>> I decided to pick ATS/Xanadu for the full project name. I like the name >>>> Xanadu >>>> because it is poetic and brings a feel of exoticness. >>>> >>>> ATS3 is supposed to be compiled to ATS2. At least at the beginning. I >>>> will try to >>>> write more about what I have in mind regarding ATS3. >>>> >>>> I know that a lot of people have been complaining about the syntax of >>>> ATS2. So >>>> we can start the effort of designing some "nice" syntax for ATS3. >>>> Please feel free >>>> to post here if you would like share your opinions and ideas. >>>> >>>> I will be happy to take the lead but we definitely need to have some >>>> form of community >>>> effort on this project given its size and scope. >>>> >>>> Cheers! >>>> >>>> --Hongwei >>>> >>>> PS: I felt rushed every time up to now when implementing ATS. This time >>>> I am hoping >>>> to have the luxury of thinking about implementation a bit before >>>> actually doing it :) >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ats-lang-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ats-lang-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ats-lang-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/ats-lang-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ats-lang-users/0854e187-6966-414a-adb3-d9480c14cc29%40googlegroups.com.
