*Dear friends ! * I am quite excited to announce the availability of an alpha version of my latest work around *Parsing and Programming Languages *at: https://npapoylias.gitlab.io/lands-project/ Accompanied by *~ 30 min of transcribed eye-candy:* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIjPQnRzAKVHABG1-oTvwWc3Gj1Z4C91B Backed by* a crowdfunding campaign ! *To get the *book and stable release * successfully out of the door: https://www.patreon.com/lands_project https://npapoylias.gitlab.io/lands-project/Support/ *Click, download, watch, enjoy !* If you like what you see, support the project ! Tiers start *from 5 and 10 euros per chapter for individuals.* Companies supporting the project can get *6 to 12 days of consultancy, on-site workshops and other perks.* ================= *What is all about ??* *Lan.d.s is a new solution for language design.* From *general purpose languages *like *Lise* (short for (list (embedding)) to *Domain-Specific Languages using the MOODs framework*, and everything else in between. Lan.d.s is build around the formalism of *Multi-Ordered Grammars, which are a possible alternative to CFGs and PEGs in wider use today.* Multi-ordered grammars (or simply MOGs) aim for a better exploration of ambiguity, recursion, ordering and associativity during language design. They can be *parsed using the Gray Algorithm. *After parsing in order to ease the production of executable code Lan.d.s introduces the *Abstract Syntax Language (ASL)*, which is an OO solution for compile-time meta-programming. Finally in order to promote language extension and re-use, Lan.d.s employs *GrammarTraits, as units of composition for both MOG rules and ASL actions.* ================= Some random highlights for the impatient: ** Object subclass: #Prediction uses: Future syntax* ** Languages are everywhere, they are all around you, even now in this very sentence.* ** Study SICP with a Xerox flavor, while re-inventing some Bell-labs utilities.* ** TOC-Board, the TOC for your next talk ;)* Enjoy !
