Re: Need general guidelines and book suggestions

Ulf Samuelsson <ulf.samuelsson@nsc.com>
23 Sep 1997 23:35:05 -0400

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From: Ulf Samuelsson <ulf.samuelsson@nsc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers.tools.pccts,comp.compilers
Date: 23 Sep 1997 23:35:05 -0400
Organization: National Semiconductor
References: 97-09-057
Keywords: design, syntax

Anthony Christofides wrote:
>
> We are developing software which will offer a wide range of data
> processing functions for hydrological and meteorological time series; we
> are currently at the stage of software requirements definition. It would
> be very good if the software contained a simple programming language
> with which the user would create more sophisticated functions based on
> the existing ones, and thus be able to customize the software to her
> needs.
> [ so how do we do an extension language? ]


Why don't you adopt one of the standard interpreted languages
that are around like Perl or Java? You should be able to get source
and not have to reinvent the wheel?


BTW: If a wheel is like a quadrat, except it has an infinite
          number of corners, why is it not infinitely bumpy driving
          around on wheels?
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