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StardustPL / Stardust

"A programming language that doesn't make me angry to use it."
https://StardustPL.GitHub.IO/
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Planning: metabolism #27

Closed LB-- closed 8 years ago

LB-- commented 9 years ago

Metabolism will be a library (either part of the standard library, optional, or a separate entity) which will hook into the compiler during compile time and allow for syntax metaprogramming. For example, stardust code can be written using metabolism to allow (<( expression )>) as a valid construct with special meaning, as well as more complex things depending on how tightly metabolism is tied to the compiler's API.

The name is a pun in the sense that a compiler 'digests' code.

LB-- commented 8 years ago

Actually, I really want to avoid macro programming and generated code, as well as anything that can unexpectedly change the syntax or structure of the code.