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The importance lies in that C# is becoming one of the first truly, for lack of a better word, "programmable" programming languages. The One Language to rule th

The importance lies in that C# is becoming one of the first truly, for lack of a better word, "programmable" programming languages. The One Language to rule them all? Maybe not, but definitely making incredible progress.

bbcbasic 12y ago
What about Lisp?
- louthy 12y ago
  On a side-note, I love that your handle is BBC BASIC. My first language. It's quite a way from this lib!
  - bbcbasic 12y ago
    Yes I remember the days when you edited a line by using the arrow key to go up then copying character by character, then edit the bits you want as you go along. Or something like that. Magic!
    - louthy 12y ago
      Dare to dream: http://bbc.godbolt.org http://bbc.godbolt.org
      - tonyedgecombe 12y ago
        That brings back memories, I even had the cub monitor with mine.
    - weavie 12y ago
      It took me a while before I realised you could do that. Before that I would type the whole thing out again. When I realised you could copy parts of the line my mind was blown! Ah.. those were good days..
codygman 12y ago
C# imo doesn't qualify as a programmable programming language and even if it did it wouldn't be the first.
MichaelGG 12y ago
How is C# at all "programmable"? Even all the neat C# features, like async or duck typing are hard-coded into the language and not extensible or generic.
- MrDosu 12y ago
  IL weaving, CodeDom, Roslyn... All built in ways of powerful manipulation of your C# code. Remember you can do full on ECMA 335 with C#.
SideburnsOfDoom 12y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by that. I was under the impression that Common Lisp macros were the first metaprogramming feature http://stackoverflow.com/questions/267862/what-makes-lisp-macros-so-special http://stackoverflow.com/questions/267862/what-makes-lisp-ma... .. and not the last: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/97069/is-there-a-language-offering-lisp-like-macros-with-a-more-complex-syntax http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/97069/is-ther...
- lispm 12y ago
  Well, Lisp macros as a meta-programming facility were introduced in 1963 by Timothy Hart.

bbcbasic 12y ago

What about Lisp?

louthy 12y ago
On a side-note, I love that your handle is BBC BASIC. My first language. It's quite a way from this lib!
- bbcbasic 12y ago
  Yes I remember the days when you edited a line by using the arrow key to go up then copying character by character, then edit the bits you want as you go along. Or something like that. Magic!
  - louthy 12y ago
    Dare to dream: http://bbc.godbolt.org http://bbc.godbolt.org
    - tonyedgecombe 12y ago
      That brings back memories, I even had the cub monitor with mine.
  - weavie 12y ago
    It took me a while before I realised you could do that. Before that I would type the whole thing out again. When I realised you could copy parts of the line my mind was blown! Ah.. those were good days..

codygman 12y ago

C# imo doesn't qualify as a programmable programming language and even if it did it wouldn't be the first.

MichaelGG 12y ago

How is C# at all "programmable"? Even all the neat C# features, like async or duck typing are hard-coded into the language and not extensible or generic.

MrDosu 12y ago
IL weaving, CodeDom, Roslyn... All built in ways of powerful manipulation of your C# code. Remember you can do full on ECMA 335 with C#.

SideburnsOfDoom 12y ago

I'm not sure what you mean by that. I was under the impression that Common Lisp macros were the first metaprogramming feature http://stackoverflow.com/questions/267862/what-makes-lisp-macros-so-special http://stackoverflow.com/questions/267862/what-makes-lisp-ma... .. and not the last: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/97069/is-there-a-language-offering-lisp-like-macros-with-a-more-complex-syntax http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/97069/is-ther...

lispm 12y ago
Well, Lisp macros as a meta-programming facility were introduced in 1963 by Timothy Hart.