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- Subject: Re: Lightweight syntax: a dissident view
- From: steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@...>
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:23:57 +0200
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com> wrote:
> With simple token filtering hooks in Lua it would be possible for a
> whole new set of Lua libraries to provide extensions such as these,
> specific to the particular domains it's being used in.
Totally true. Then it's easy to implement a feature and give it a
test drive, and people making DSLs don't actually have to patch Lua,
which is a delicate and specialized skill.
I quite enjoy the circular arguments, however.
steve d.