Archive for 'Wonton'
Designing a Language: Building Blocks
Languages consist of two main parts: A syntax with which to tell the computer how to do things, and a set of built-in classes or functions that give the programmer an environment to interact with. When thinking about Wonton, I don’t believe the former will represent a radical departure from other languages available […]
Posted: March 19th, 2007 under Wonton.
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Designing a Language: Test Cases
Whenever you go to create something new, it helps to ask: Why am I doing this? Of course this answer can be different to everyone. Take songwriting for instance. Some people do it because they love playing musical instruments, and making songs is the best way they can think of of doing […]
Posted: March 12th, 2007 under Wonton.
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A Language Called Wonton
Last week I had a little rant about the next big language, and it really got me thinking. Why don’t we have a better way of building form-based, database-backed websites?
Yes, I know. We have tons of ways. PHP, JSP, Perl, Python, ASP.NET, Ruby. HTML, Javascript, CSS. Dojo, AJAX, Script.aculo.us, […]
Posted: February 23rd, 2007 under Technology, Wonton.
Comments: 8