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Re: Var-free programming (slightly off-topic)



I meant that they start off specialized.
They then grow over time (as was noted by others).

-Alex-


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On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Dan Weinreb wrote:

>    Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 18:38:46 -0500 (EST)
>    From: "S. Alexander Jacobson" <alex@shop.com>
>
>    As a result, lightweight languages typically:
>
>    4. specialize for a particular class of tasks/applications
>
> Hmm, but most of the languages discussed at the LL conference
> were not specialized.  Many of them seemed well on their way
> to becoming more general than ever before, in fact.
>