On Friday 25 April 2008 10:17, rssh wrote: > On Apr 25, 7:36 pm, Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 25 April 2008 09:26, rssh wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > scripting/ Groovy, JavaFX, JavaScript > > > > What is the working definition of a "scripting" language? > > Oh - interesting question. I'm afraid I don't know short definition. > Long - get Ousterhout's original 1990 USENIX paper > http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/ousterhout90tcl.html > and change C to Java in item 5
Thanks, I'll check that out. > Or, may be c2.com definition: > http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ScriptingLanguage (it's morer accurate than > wikipedia) > > ... > > > > to exotics or relative new concepts: > > > term rewriting: /TermWare, Tom > > > > Tom operates as a Java source-to-source transformation, so > > technically it's not a JVM language, right? It arguably has more in > > common with ANTLR than with any of the many languages that directly > > target the JVM. > > No - Tom 2.x is extension of Java. It is Java class + rule/rewriting > matching. Huh? I'm using Tom 2.5, and you have to write external type and constructor definitions in Tom's definition language and then run augmented Java programs through the Tom translator to get ordinary Java source you can compile. > ... > > > OK, so I had to look up TermWare to see what it was about, and the > > only thing I can say is, why couldn't I find this when I went > > looking for rule-based rewriting software? I think you guys need to > > do more to gain some visibility! > > ... > > //Home page is http://www.gradsoft.ua/products/termware_eng.html > (It's strong enough to implement Java Partial evaluator.) Yes, obviously I found it. Randall Schulz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JVM Languages" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jvm-languages?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
