Re: Multiple Languages v. Multiple Paradigms

[address@hidden (Kragen Sitaker)]

Peter Wasilko writes:
>     In seeking the ability to program in multiple languages, which level(s)
> matter most?
> 
>         a) Surface Structure / Syntax
>         b) Library Routines provided by each language's standard library(s)
> which might be taken as primitives vis-a-vis the multiple language user 
>         c) Actual Evaluation Semantics

I cannot make heads or tails of your question, but I suspect this is
because your thinking is muddled, not because you did not explain it
verbosely enough.

> Are multiple languages... necessary, or could... be achieved in,
> say,...  Would it be feasible to... design a new dynamic language
> that would support... could one not then also provide varying levels of
> automatic translation among the languages...

Without realizing it, you have become stuck in Perlis's Turing
Tar-Pit.  Write two interpreters and call me in the morning.

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