Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme Subject: Re: Scheme as the only extension language Message-ID: Date: 29 Aug 90 00:09:30 GMT References: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Distribution: comp.lang.scheme Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 10 In article ramsdell@mitre.org writes: > Taking this even further, is there anyone who asserts that > Scheme could be the right extension language for a TeX-like or a > PostScript-like system? How would you integrate the text with Scheme > code? Use some escape character to indicate the beginning of scheme code. Read one symbol or list at that point and evaluate it. Discard the result if it's nil, otherwise treat it as replacement text. You would have stuff inserted in your text like @(date) or @(set! ux '"UNIX(TM)") or @ux. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com