[Aldor-l] [Axiom-developer] Re: exports and constants

[Christian Aistleitner]

Hello,

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:21:03 +0200, root <daly at axiom-developer.org> wrote:

>> I agree, .asy or Foam is better than C or LISP, for what you are
>> considering. But Ralf considered looking into the compiler sources. The
>> discussion has now drifted towards "I do not need the sources; I simply
>> compile to <some Language> and get the required information by mysolf".
>> Thereby, I guess you are barking up the wrong tree.
>
> I might mention that the lisp output would be significantly easier
> to parse and maintain.

If you pursue the "I do not need the sources; I simply compile to <some  
Language> and get the required information by myself" idea, I'd still  
think asy or Foam are better than LISP or C.

Obviously, C is worst solution, as it is hard to parse.
But asy, foam, asd LISP files are all more or less in LISP syntax. And asy  
and foam even use only a proper subset of the langauge. And the needed  
inforamiotn is presented more adequately IMHO.

You want a simple parser. I fully agree. But parsing asy or foam is  
probably even easier than parsing LISP.


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Kind regards,
Christian