[antlr-interest] ANTLR & Scala?

[Jonathan Thomas]

Randall R Schulz said the following on 13/07/2007 10:28 AM:
> The programming world needs better languages, and I'll put my money on 
> those grounded in computing theory, mathematical formalisms and logical 
> principles, any day!
>
>   
Yeah well it'd be good if we could stop rowing and climb the tree once 
in a while ( or else even just spend time mixing our metaphors 
completely ;-) )
> Well, I'm sure something along those lines could be done, but you can't 
> short-cut the complexity of a compiler. Realistically, machine code 
> generation isn't simple.
>
>   
Yes, it was more of an invitation to "step up here self flagellating 
coders" :-) though I am impressed though with what assembler can 
achieve, ref. menuetos - compact, fast which would be attributes desired 
by my target users.

I did also wonder how the idea of an almost non-portable output would go 
with this community :-0 .