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Languages as libraries

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Languages as libraries
Programming language design benefits from constructs for extending the syntax and semantics of a host language. While C’s stringbased macros empower programmers to introduce notational shorthands, the parser-level macros of Lisp encourage experimentation with domain-specific languages. The Scheme programming language improves on Lisp with macros that respect lexical scope. The design of Racket—a descendant of Scheme—goes even fur
Sam Tobin-Hochstadt, Vincent St-Amour, Ryan Culpep
Added 17 Sep 2011
Updated 17 Sep 2011
Type Journal
Year 2011
Where PLDI
Authors Sam Tobin-Hochstadt, Vincent St-Amour, Ryan Culpepper, Matthew Flatt, Matthias Felleisen
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