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Meta-programming: what, why and how (Perl 6)

• nickik 15y ago
  Isn't that kind of what smalltalk did? Metaclasses, Metameta-class ....
  • perlgeek 15y ago
    Yes, lots of OO research happened and happens in smalltalk. Which is why it has such a flexible object system, and which is why it is so well suited for OO research :-) The Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) also uses meta classes; there's a book about it: "The Art of the Meta Object Protocol", http://www.amazon.com/Art-Metabobject-Protocol-Metaobject/dp/0262610744 http://www.amazon.com/Art-Metabobject-Protocol-Metaobject/dp... Sadly it seems to be the only approachable resource on meta object systems, apart from a few research papers. If anybody has more literature reference, I'd be happy to learn about them.
    • draegtun 15y ago
      > The Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) also uses meta classes And so does Moose which sits on top of Class::MOP - https://metacpan.org/module/Class::MOP https://metacpan.org/module/Class::MOP