> > The problem that I anticipate here is that setting aside my personal > like for LISP, the LISP-y surface syntax actually *does* suck, and it is > going to present a significant impediment to BitC adoption. This issue > tends to push me away from macro processing solutions at the S-expr > level. > > shap > > _______________________________________________ > bitc-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.coyotos.org/mailman/listinfo/bitc-dev >
Frustrated by lisp syntax, I looked for a way to get rid of parenthesis and I found the so-called Sweet Expressions, by David A.Wheeler http://www.dwheeler.com/readable/ . There I came to know BitC and I thought "They're doing the greatest lisp of all time" . Since Wheeler started the project right to give BitC a convenient way to display S-expressions, I wanted to ask if BitC devs kept in touch with him. I see sweet expressions are never cited when talking about syntax, but it seems wheeler has done a great work of research on it (macro aspect included), and he's trying to make them work on several languages (Common Lisp, Scheme, Guile). David Leoni
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