From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3e2839f528cc1c40 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Jon S Anthony Subject: Re: Project: FreeOS Date: 2000/01/19 Message-ID: <38863ACB.2169@synquiry.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 574890758 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <387C8CB3.1276637F@icn.siemens.de> <85pt5a$7r8$1@ssauraac-i-1.production.compuserve.com> <3883915C.56A@Ganymede.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: client 948320988 38.151.18.1 (Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:29:48 EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:29:48 EST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-01-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Aidan Skinner wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Jan 2000 15:36:14 -0800, Brian Rogoff > 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 -- Jon Anthony Synquiry Technologies, Ltd. Belmont, MA 02478, 617.484.3383 "Nightmares - Ha! The way my life's been going lately, Who'd notice?" -- Londo Mollari