Factor would be another decent example of a concatenative language. But I think arrowized programming models would work better. They aren't limited to a stack, and instead can compute rich types that can be evaluated as documents or diagrams. Further, they're really easy to model in a concatenative language. Further, subprograms can interact through the arrow's model - e.g. sharing data or constraints - thus operating like agents in a multi-agent system; we could feasibly model 'chromosomes' in terms of different agents.
I've recently (mid August) started developing a language that has these properties: arrowized, strongly typed, concatenative, reactive. I'm already using Prolog to find functions to help me bootstrap (it seems bootstrap functions are not always the most intuitive :). I look forward to trying some genetic programming, once I'm further along. Best, Dave On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Brian Rice <briantr...@gmail.com> wrote: > With Forth, you are probably reaching for the definition of a > concatenative language like Joy. > > APL, J, K, etc. would also qualify. > > > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Casey Ransberger <casey.obrie...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I've heavily abridged your message David; sorry if I've dropped important >> context. My words below... >> >> On Sep 3, 2013, at 3:04 PM, David Barbour <dmbarb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Even better if the languages are good for exploration by genetic >> programming - i.e. easily sliced, spliced, rearranged, mutated. >> >> I've only seen this done with two languages. Certainly it's possible in >> any language with the right "semantic chops" but so far it seems like we're >> looking at Lisp (et al) and FORTH. >> >> My observation has been that the main quality that yields (ease of >> recombination? I don't even know what it is for sure) is "syntaxlessness." >> >> I'd love to know about other languages and qualities of languages that >> are conducive to this sort of thing, especially if anyone has seen >> interesting work done with one of the logic languages. >> _______________________________________________ >> fonc mailing list >> fonc@vpri.org >> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc >> > > > > -- > -Brian T. Rice > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > fonc@vpri.org > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > >
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