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From: pardo@cs.washington.edu (David Keppel)
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Subject: Re: Multi-compilers -- The ``Ideal'' Programming language ??
Keywords: design, Lisp
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Date: 30 Sep 90 16:19:26 GMT
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markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins) writes:
>[Prolog allows for user-definable syntax to sme degree]

So do (did) many LISPs, where it was possible to redefine the
read-eval-print loop to use Your Favorite Syntax.

	;-D on  ( No taxing those sins! )  Prado
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