Re: Questions for a language designer

[Ken Anderson <address@hidden>]

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At 09:04 AM 5/30/2003 -0500, Matt Hellige wrote:
>[Stéphane Payrard <stef@payrard.net>]
>> 
>> The user would be free to use the concrete representation of his
>> choice to edit the program but it would be saved in its abstract
>> representation.  The program that would translate from abstract to
>> concrete would be an highly configurable "unparser".  Using a
>> correctly choosen abstract representation would make programs more
>> future proof because a future unparser will be able to identify patterns
>> and unparse them distinctively.
>> 
>
>I'm reminded of Microsoft and Charles Simonyi's Intentional Programming
>project, which I believe they've discontinued... I've had trouble finding
>a decent link, but here's a (sort of) up-to-date FAQ:
>  http://www.omniscium.com/?page=IntentionalFaq
>
>In any case, I recall reading that IP did many of the things you're
>describing, as code is represented internally as a data structure, and
>can be viewed and manipulated in a variety of ways (graphically, various
>textual forms, and so on). I recall seeing some of the same examples
>as well, like global ranaming (and name management in general)...
>
>I wish I had better info about this...
>
>Matt
>
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