From: Jon S Anthony <jsa@synquiry.com>
Subject: Re: Project: FreeOS
Date: 2000/01/19
Date: 2000-01-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <38863ACB.2169@synquiry.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: slrn888hnu.1d0.aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk
Aidan Skinner wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:36:14 -0800, Brian Rogoff
> <bpr@shell5.ba.best.com> wrote:
>
> >low-level stuff well. I agree with Jan though that Ada is fairly low
> >level, especially when compared with Smalltalk, Common Lisp, Prolog,
> >Python, Icon, etc.
Of these, Common Lisp is probably both the highest level and yet the
most efficient. Highest because you can basically create other
languages _inside_ it (note the difference from "with it").
> To an extent this can be solved with the judicious use of libraries,
> although I'm not entirley sure how one would implement prolog-esque
> features in a "nice" manner.
Actually a "prolog-library" wouldn't be that bad. Now, try creating
closures, the idea of the reader/writer, and Lisp style macros in a
library. This stuff is what gives you _really_ high level capabilities,
yet very efficient ones.
Doable? Yes, but you would basically have to write a huge chunk of CL
implementation to do it.
/Jon
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Jon Anthony
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Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-01-12 0:00 Project: FreeOS Alfred Hilscher
2000-01-12 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-01-12 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Juergen Pfeifer
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-13 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-13 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-15 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-17 0:00 ` Terry Sikes
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-01-18 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-18 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Mario Klebsch
2000-01-20 0:00 ` Bryce Bardin
2000-01-22 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-01-16 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-18 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-01-15 0:00 ` Michael Garrett
[not found] ` <vhi3drwe773.fsf@grotte.ifi.uio.no>
2000-01-17 0:00 ` Bill Greene
2000-01-17 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-01-18 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony [this message]
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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