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Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)
Converting the code would be cool. There's a couple of occasions where
I've wanted to do this.. Having little pockets of Lisp floating around
would be confusing, though. :-)
- Rob.
Jason Trenouth wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:46:28 +0100, Rob Myers <robm@h2g2.com> wrote:
>
> > Gwydion Dylan contains a simple Lisp-to-dylan converter. I haven't had
> > any luck with non-trivial programs using it, though.
> >
> > Out of interest, what does Dylan offer that Lisp doesn't that makes a
> > lisp-syntax version of Dylan desirable?
>
> Well, it was more a case of copying libraries, frameworks, and tools from Lisp
> into Dylan so that Dylan programmers could have native access to the same kinds
> of facilities as Lisp programmers.
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