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Article #2358languages which allow the introduction of new operators
From: Wayne Throop
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:11
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:11
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: From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) : Message-ID: <BxI802.7EL@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> : Which languages allow the introduction of new operators? Lisp. Forth. Postscript. Smalltalk. Full PL/I had the ability to coin new statement types and keywords (though not new expression syntax). (To some extent, it depends on what counts as an "operator".) : Syntax is important for both producing code and understanding it. In Lisp, one can have any syntax one wishes, by manipulating reader macros. There have also been several experimental languages with tailorable expression syntax over the years, but the feature tends to remain unused, and the languages die out (according to discussions I've seen on comp.compilers). -- Wayne Throop ...!mcnc!dg-rtp!sheol!throopw
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!scott.skidmore.edu!psinntp!psinntp!dg-rtp!sheol!throopw From: throopw@sheol.UUCP (Wayne Throop) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: languages which allow the introduction of new operators Summary: lisp, of course... and maybe some others Message-ID: <721458276@sheol.UUCP> Date: 11 Nov 92 02:11:54 GMT References: <BxI802.7EL@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Lines: 19