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There is a list of (some) languages here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialecting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialecting (NB. I would add Factor, Haskell, Io
by draegtun 12y ago
There is a list of (some) languages here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialecting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialecting (NB. I would add Factor, Haskell, Io and Perl6 to that list)
I personally love how easy it is to write lucid & robust dialects in Rebol. Some examples of Rebol dialects...
* List comprehension - http://blog.revolucent.net/2009/04/dirt-simple-dsl-in-rebol.html http://blog.revolucent.net/2009/04/dirt-simple-dsl-in-rebol....
* Cron/scheduler - http://softinnov.org/rebol/scheduler.shtml http://softinnov.org/rebol/scheduler.shtml
* Excel - http://www.robertmuench.ch/development/projects/excel/dialect_documentation/ http://www.robertmuench.ch/development/projects/excel/dialec...
* PDF builder - http://www.colellachiara.com/soft/Misc/pdf-maker-doc.pdf http://www.colellachiara.com/soft/Misc/pdf-maker-doc.pdf
* GUI example (written in Rebol 2 VID) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7070349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7070349
* And a small ditty that I left on Reddit comment just to show what can be done - http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1tw17i/rust_is_surprisingly_expressive/cedeswe http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1tw17i/rust_is_...
- bshimmin 12y agoGreat list. Thank you!