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Quite a few very usable languages are just fine without any dedicated syntax at all. Think of Lisp and Fort for example. And backend is not just about optimisa

by sklogic 11y ago

Quite a few very usable languages are just fine without any dedicated syntax at all. Think of Lisp and Fort for example. And backend is not just about optimisations, they're mostly insig igicant. Backend is about translating gradually one semantics to the other. An example of such is compiling a regular expression into a DFA and then a C array and a switch.

jstimpfle 11y ago
I hope not all future languages will have regular expression, or Forth, syntax...
- sklogic 11y ago
  I am talking of the languages that are built on top of Lisp/Forth. I.e., you do not really need any syntax if your underlying implementation language is homoiconic.