On 1/3/13, Ben Booth <benwbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > There was an interesting language that made the rounds on reddit > /r/programming a few days ago: > > http://chrisdone.com/z/ > > Reddit discussion page: > > http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/15r6tb/z_a_tiny_strict_impure_dynamically_typed_curried/ > > It's an indentation-based lisp-like language, although the indentation rules > differ somewhat from sweet-expressions. It also features a macro system that > actually parses its own input and outputs a string that gets re-parsed.
Eww. String-based macros make me worry: look at what infelicities it does to C! Granted, C's macros are not Turing-complete, and Z's at least are, but processing text seems to be a step backward. > The > language uses Haskell/Parsec for parsing and evaluation, so it might be > interesting to compare that approach with the ANTLR-based grammar. Hehehe... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master HTML5, CSS3, ASP.NET, MVC, AJAX, Knockout.js, Web API and much more. Get web development skills now with LearnDevNow - 350+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122812 _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss
