[Gnu-arch-users] Re: new language, arch, furth, etc.

[Andreas Rottmann]

Phil Frost <address@hidden> writes:

> Every time someone suggests designing a new language, somewhere a fairy
> dies. I think it's a law of nature that no matter how simple the needs
> may seem now, in the end all languages evolve to be turing complete.
> Since nobody likes writing in brain****, this means they also get pretty
> complex.
>
> Which begs the question, why not consider using an existing language
> now? I suggest Python because it's easilly embedded and clean. Someone
> might suggest lua, but I don't like it for its syntax.
>
Well, Tom has already stated that Python and Lua don't cut it for
various reasons. He has settled on Furth/Pika; and "why not existing
language XY" has been discussed to death already IMHO.

> In any case, if a decent language isn't picked *now*, I fear tla
> will "evolve" to have configuration files with a syntax like
> Exim. An nobody wants that.
>
Scheme *is* a pretty decent language IMO.

Andy
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