[om-list] scribble

[OneModel general list]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 06:40:03PM -0600, OneModel general list wrote:
> I had some scheme in college: really interesting and capable. But a
> simplified scala for now seems a more practical mix of things
> (including strong typing which I prefer).  I'd like to embed a
> simple scala interpreter in OM sometime in the future (or bash, or
> something), but not immediately.

Just for completeness, I should mention typed Racket -- it's a 
statically typed Scheme. 

Without that I wouldn't consider using Scheme for anything significant 
-- unless it was the only tool available.

-- hendrik

> 
> On 04/23/16 16:22, OneModel general list wrote:
> >Scribble is a programming language.  It's really made out of Racket, a
> >dialect of Scheme, but its syntax has been changed so that it looks
> >like a markup language.  The various mmarkup commands are all functions
> >in Racket, and you can use arbitrary Racket expressions in the middle
> >of your text if you so choose.  They are executed when scribble
> >converts your text to html or pdf or whatever.
> >
> >In other words, it isn't basiclly a text notatiion.  At its foundatin
> >os a full-functino programming language.  And it just happens to be
> >good at presentng text.
> >
> >See http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/ for details.
> >
> >I was wondering whether something like this would also be appropriate
> >for your project -- a complete synthess between text and executable
> >content.  A different one, of course, wne even more far-reaching.
> >
> >-- hendrik
> >
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