Re: Whither Dylan?

[Jonathan Bachrach <jrb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 10:51 AM, Miles Egan wrote:

> So I must admit I'm curious why people so obviously familiar with and
> supportive of Dylan would develop a new langauge very much like Dylan
> but revert to S-Expr syntax.  Anyone care to comment?  I'm aware of the
> main advantages of S-Expr syntax, but I thought that the argument for
> Dylan was that its macro system allowed the most common and useful
> applications of Lisp macros without requiring such a controversial
> syntax.

1. i happen to like sexpr syntax better and
2. sexpr syntax and it's macro system are much simpler to implement.

> How do you see Goo vis-a-vis Dylan?  Do you see it as a competitor to
> Dylan or more of a complement?

goo is a stripped down rethought dylan which is simpler and more 
dynamic.  it's meant to be implementable in on the order of 10k lines 
of code.  i did it originally as a teaching and research vehicle 
finding it easier to teach and play with ideas in the much smaller code 
base.  it's not a competitor.

jonathan