[antlr-interest] ANTLR & Scala?

[Randall R Schulz]

On Thursday 12 July 2007 18:02, Jonathan Thomas wrote:
> 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 ;-) )

Mixing? I'm not sure what the metaphors are, mixed or not!


> > 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.

Ooh! "Self-flagellating coders" Is that oxymoronic or redundant?


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

Almost-but-not-quite non-portable?

And I thought I could torture the language...


RRS