Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:07:23 +0000 From: "B. Estrade" <estrabd@gmail.com> To: Andrew Reilly <areilly@bigpond.net.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Interpreted language(s) in the base Message-ID: <20100820010723.GL18105@x2045.x.rootbsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20100820004739.GA6576@johnny.reilly.home> References: <4C650B75.3020800@FreeBSD.org> <4C651192.9020403@FreeBSD.org> <i477eo$i4d$1@dough.gmane.org> <4C673898.2080609@FreeBSD.org> <AANLkTim_prShRiHkLnFbhek9%2Beaa-KaJ5oZtNo%2BLd0K1@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008152240370.66595@qbhto.arg> <20100818134341.GA88861@johnny.reilly.home> <AANLkTinHtzt=ELPvQBaaRBUzN-U88EXDMenZwrRsY3NL@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimNSG7aMvcuKytOjNAdSZe=pnqEvn0Pz8SpNki6@mail.gmail.com> <20100820004739.GA6576@johnny.reilly.home>
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On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:47:39AM +1000, Andrew Reilly wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 06:40:37PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote: > > Will have to disagree on that - part of the point of having such a > > thing would be to attract young developers, and while the CS crowd > > will be happy with LISP, anyone starting programming after the first > > .com bubble will probably be repulsed by non-Algol-like syntaxes. > > I suspect that you're right, though that disappoints me > somewhat. The only other language that I'm aware of that does a > reasonable compiles-to-C and has an algol-like syntax is Eiffel > (specifically SmartEiffel), but I haven't used it for years, > and don't know how it's travelling. It's also nowhere near as > dynamic and "fun" a programming experience, IMO. Don't assume that the "CS crowd" are LISP or FP sycophants or that having to program in C is unattractive to new blood (a term I prefer over "young developers"). FWIW, I use Perl to prototype all sorts of algorithms and data structures - and most recently, Qore (I maintain the lang/qore port). But I don't believe either should be in base when it's so dead simple to install them from ports. Cheers, Brett > > Cheers, > > -- > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com>
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