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Talk:Extend your language: Difference between revisions
Keyword issue
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::::::: I hate wikitalk; I need a more convenient way to Upvote or Like points in debates like these. --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 19:15, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
:::::::: If you upvote or give like points, it's not a debate any more. --[[User:Ce|Ce]] 20:58, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
:::: IMHO, "create a keyword" would not be optimal. In languages where those extensions are a natural programming style, the term "keyword" is seldom used. Also, "extending the language" then almost always involves flow control in some way, which needs not to be mentioned specifically.
:::: For example, the typical case of a domain specific language extension like a HTML library, where a syntax like (please allow me to stay with Lisp syntax) <lang PicoLisp>(<div>
(<head> (build-the-header))
(<p> (get-some-text))
(<table> (make-table-header)
(for X (foo)
(<row> (row-data X)) ) ) )</lang> ''also'' involves flow control, but the central issue is structured output. Still I would call this a language extension.
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