From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/4554 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Berend de Boer Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Functional MetaPost? Date: 18 Apr 2001 17:08:51 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <87itk2i6t8.fsf@dellius.nederware.nl> References: <20010417163334.M501@cs.ucc.ie> <20010417171102.410%67776@mail.talknet.de> <20010417163334.M501@cs.ucc.ie> <20010417224405.A877@ruhrau.de> <3.0.6.32.20010418092414.01bc3df0@server-1> <20010418094428.T501@cs.ucc.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035395210 26683 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:46:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:46:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Hans Hagen , Johannes Huesing , ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Marc van Dongen In-Reply-To: <20010418094428.T501@cs.ucc.ie> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:4554 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:4554 Marc van Dongen writes: > : complex problem and it's more the features of a language (i.e. mp) than the > : wrapper around it that help us there. Interesting general question: how far > > Hmmm. Why not program in assembler? There probably is an optimal solution between a problem and a programming language. 4GL's have never taken off, although they make some tasks more easier. Also recognize the beginner/professional phases, each having different requirements. So assembler probably not, but Haskell neither. Perhaps mp is more or less perfect for its job. Perhaps like TeX is. Beginners frustrations should not be confused with a bad language: it might be written for experts, not for beginners. Groetjes, Berend. (-: