Re: Pragmatic Requirements Summary : update

--- In [email protected], Martin DeMello <martindemello@y...> 
wrote: 
> --- Brian Hurt <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Martin DeMello wrote: 
> > > Which is why my ideal language is a kitchensink of features to let you 
> > > easily build any given dsl atop it. 
> >  
> > Wonderfull theory.  Too bad it doesn't work. 
>  
> <snip>  
>  
> > Now, I turn the question around: assume you can't use Pragmatic to write  
> > your OS in.  So what?  Not that many people writting OSs anyways, really.  
> > IMHO, at least half the stuff written in C shouldn't be.  If you're not 
> > directly banging on hardware, if you're not at least considering assembler 
> > as the alternative, you shouldn't be coding in C.  All you lose is the  
> > ability to claim you are the one true language.   
>  
> Okay, I'll admit my concept of "any given DSL" was a little more limited than 
> that :) I was talking of DSLs at a higher level than pragmatic_lang, and I 
> certainly don't subscribe to the One True Language view. What I did mean was 
> the following: assume you want to write a DSL for a Domain that could benefit 
> from a Specific Language rather than libraries written in a more general one. 
> Then, Pragmatic should supply a rich base atop which to build the language, 
> with no restrictions as to paradigm, syntax etc, but nonetheless a clear idea 
> that you're extending Pragmatic rather than writing an interpreter in it. Not 
> sure how much sense I'm making, though. 
>  
> martin 
 
 This is exactly the way we see it as well. You do a good job in putting the concept 
into words. 


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