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In article <ALBERTO.92Sep29141859@karna.cs.umd.edu> alberto@cs.umd.edu (Jose Alberto Fernandez R) writes:
   [ example of a preprocessor written in Prolog deleted ]

   As I said in my previous message, the problem with this is that you
   are mixing your declarative program, with the declaratios of how the
   code must be process in a particular installation.

You consider it a problem, I consider it an advantage.


   I don't like that, I believe that the programmer should be able to
   clearly distinguish between the two.

I prefer that one language be used wherever possible.


   That facilitates the portability of software to different
   architectures.

So does using the same language for both tasks.

When all said and done, you prefer the separate language approach and
I prefer the single language approach (preferably using partial
evaluation).  I'm not out to convince anyone that the single language
approach is best and am willing to be convinced by the other side of
the argument, however I've yet to see a technical argument for it
(i.e. something other than "I don't like ...").  Is there a technical
argument of any sort or is this a purely subjective issue?

bevan