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From: steve@hubcap.UUCP ("Steve" Stevenson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.compilers
Subject: Re: Pattern languages
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Date: 7 Nov 88 19:30:15 GMT
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>
> .... extending languages through patterns ....

There was some work done in the early 70s on extensible languages.  The
one I remember most was Ben Wegbreit's E(xtensible) L(anguage) I.  There
was some play in the literature, but I think that the performance
was poor.  I don't have any personal experiences myself.
-- 
Steve (really "D. E.") Stevenson           steve@hubcap.clemson.edu
Department of Computer Science,            (803)656-5880.mabell
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1906
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