[stack] Introducing the Om language
Jason Erb <[email protected]> Wed, 2 Jan 2013 22:22:22 -0800 (PST)
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Dear Concatenativists,
I've developed a unique concatenative language that I would like to share:
http://om-language.org
The goal was to find "God's programming language": the simplest=A0language=
=A0possible (mostly so that I could actually implement it) without sacrific=
ing power=A0(as contrasted with languages like Iota and Jot, which are fund=
amentally simple but don't have basics like named functions).=A0 This led t=
o concatenative languages, but Om has taken a few left turns where other co=
ncatenative languages have gone right:
- An Om program has only three syntactic elements: operator, operand, and s=
eparator.
- Om uses prefix syntax rather than postfix.
- The only data type exposed by the language is a program.
- Each function takes as input the rest of the program that it is in.
There is more information on the design, and rationale, in the documentatio=
n at=A0http://sparist.github.com/Om . =A0The language is in an early develo=
pment stage, and the documentation is not as full as I would like yet -- th=
ere is much more to write, and I hope to find time to do so in the near fut=
ure.
Any feedback is welcome. =A0I expect that most of the readers of this list =
have far more experience in language design than I do. =A0If anyone would l=
ike to get involved in further development, or knows of anyone that would l=
ike to fund such an endeavour (long shot), please get in touch.
If any administrators of http://concatenative.org are here, I would be hono=
ured if you could add Om to the list of concatenative languages.
Best regards,
Jason Erb
http://sparist.com
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<p>Dear Concatenativists,<br>
<br>
I've developed a unique concatenative language that I would like to sha=
re:<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://om-language.org">http://om-language.org</a><br>
<br>
The goal was to find "God's programming language": the simple=
st=A0language=A0possible (mostly so that I could actually implement it) wit=
hout sacrificing power=A0(as contrasted with languages like Iota and Jot, w=
hich are fundamentally simple but don't have basics like named function=
s).=A0 This led to concatenative languages, but Om has taken a few left tur=
ns where other concatenative languages have gone right:<br>
- An Om program has only three syntactic elements: operator, operand, and s=
eparator.<br>
- Om uses prefix syntax rather than postfix.<br>
- The only data type exposed by the language is a program.<br>
- Each function takes as input the rest of the program that it is in.<br>
<br>
There is more information on the design, and rationale, in the documentatio=
n at=A0<a href=3D"http://sparist.github.com/Om">http://sparist.github.com/O=
m</a> . =A0The language is in an early development stage, and the documenta=
tion is not as full as I would like yet -- there is much more to write, and=
I hope to find time to do so in the near future.<br>
<br>
Any feedback is welcome. =A0I expect that most of the readers of this list =
have far more experience in language design than I do. =A0If anyone would l=
ike to get involved in further development, or knows of anyone that would l=
ike to fund such an endeavour (long shot), please get in touch.<br>
<br>
If any administrators of <a href=3D"http://concatenative.org">http://concat=
enative.org</a> are here, I would be honoured if you could add Om to the li=
st of concatenative languages.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Jason Erb<br>
<a href=3D"http://sparist.com">http://sparist.com</a><br>
<br>
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