Re: Storing data and code in a Db with LISP-like interface
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:51:39 +0300
Message-ID: <e0in27$pou$1_at_emma.aioe.org>
"Neo" <neo55592_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Reading up on Lisp I see. Always good to do.
>
> There is something very interesting about LISP. I didn't ever start off
> with the intention of making the db scripting language like LISP. In
> fact, it started off closer to SQL. But it is turning out that a LISP
> like syntax is a natural fit because it, like the db, is based heavily
> on recursion.
I don't know if you remember but I told you to drop the syntax (remove the
parantheses - or flatten the syntax ;).
There are other languages inspired by LISP.
Look at Planner, Conniver, ML, Scheme, Haskell for example.
You should study LL(k)/LR(k)/Precedence parsing.
Received on Fri Mar 31 2006 - 09:51:39 CEST