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I’ve been casually following Egison for a while now. Its customizable pattern matching is really cool. Unfortunately I do think the lisp syntax does turn some f
by chenglou 8y ago
I’ve been casually following Egison for a while now. Its customizable pattern matching is really cool. Unfortunately I do think the lisp syntax does turn some folks off; whether this set of folks overlaps with those who would be interested in Egison otherwise, is another question.
I’ve also noticed that it “pivoted” to focus more on math; is that intentional?
Anyway, good to see it on HN again. Anything that pushes more pattern matching research is a plus for me =). Mainstream languages barely started to adopt first-order pattern matching!
- egi 8y agoThank you for your comment! I started to implement a computer algebra system as a killer application of customizable pattern matching of Egison. It allows users to customize the pattern-method for mathematical expressions from more primitive level than the other computer algebra systems.