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Are Extensible Programming Languages Coming?

Posted by michael on from the tabs!-spaces!-tabs!-spaces! dept.

gManZboy writes "Programming writer and instructor Greg Wilson is proposing that the next generation of programming languages will use XML to store not only such things as formatting (so you can see indentation your way, and I can see it my way, via XSLT) but even programmatic entities -- like: <invoke-expr method="myMethod"><evaluate>record</evaluate></invoke-expr>. Wacky, but perhaps wacky enough to be possible?"

3 of 838 comments (clear)

  1. Damn... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should have put the < and > keys in the middle of the keyboard.

    --

    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  2. Re:Is this guy serious? by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 5, Funny
    No, don't you prefer this:
    <invoke-expr method="myMethod"><evaluate>record</evaluate></inv oke-expr>

    over this:
    someObj.myMethod(record);

    ? I, for one, welcome the obscuring verbosity. It's a challenge. It's exciting. It's job security.
  3. Yay for <xml>. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    <response language="English">
    <exclamation tone="sarcastic">
    <word partofspeech="adjective" syllables="1">
    <character encoding="ascii">W</character>
    <character encoding="ascii">h</character>
    <character encoding="ascii">a</character>
    <character encoding="ascii">t</character>
    </word>
    <word partofspeech="indefinite article" syllables="1">
    <character encoding="ascii">a</character>
    </word>
    <word partofspeech="adjective" syllables="1" emphasis="true">
    <character encoding="ascii">g</character>
    <character encoding="ascii">r</character>
    <character encoding="ascii">e</character>
    <character encoding="ascii">a</character>
    <character encoding="ascii">t</character>
    </word>
    <word partofspeech="noun" syllables="1">
    <character encoding="ascii">i</character>
    <character encoding="ascii">d</character>
    <character encoding="ascii">e</character>
    <character encoding="ascii">a</character>
    </word>
    <punctuation>
    <character encoding="ascii">!</character>
    </punctuation>
    </exclamation>
    </response>