Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:47:39 +1000 From: Andrew Reilly <areilly@bigpond.net.au> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Subject: Re: Interpreted language(s) in the base Message-ID: <20100820004739.GA6576@johnny.reilly.home> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimNSG7aMvcuKytOjNAdSZe=pnqEvn0Pz8SpNki6@mail.gmail.com> References: <4C6505A4.9060203@FreeBSD.org> <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>
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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. Cheers, -- Andrew
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