[clug] Glue Language
Daniel Pittman
daniel at rimspace.net
Thu Jul 2 04:15:14 GMT 2009
Jason Stokes <glasper9 at yahoo.com.au> writes:
> Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net> wrote:
> Jason Stokes <glasper9 at yahoo.com.au> writes:
>
>>> What are you using this language for? Is there a reason why you prefer
>>> scheme with non-standard syntax to python or lua or another commonly
>>> embedded language?
>
>>Well, that amuses me. You do know that the "non-standard syntax" you are
>>referring to there is a Lisp dialect, the origin of which runs back to 1958.
>
> Thanks Daniel. Paul was proposing a Scheme variant with curly braces as an
> option instead of the dreaded parentheses. Hence "Scheme with non-standard
> syntax."
Oh. Um, let me find a brown paper bag to put over my head: I *completely*
misread your comments. On rereading, of course, they are perfectly plain and
obvious to me. Which is ... embarrassing.
[...]
> I would still use Python or Lua or a more mainstream language if I possibly
> could. This is not language trolling.
*nod* So would I, probably. :)
Regards,
Daniel
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