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Date:Mon Nov 11 10:19:26 2003 
Subject:Re: poplog for linux libc5 
From:Chris Dollin 
Volume-ID:1031111.06 

 top-post@not wrote:

> Wrongly, I've been accusing poplog of being feature-bloated, with
> all these redudndant constructs like 'foreach'.
> Now it seems they are just convenient extensions., and NOT
> reserved words - part of the core-syntax ?

I *want* feature-rich languages. The feature-poor ones just end up
with complicated libraries, post-hoc extensions, and scissors [1].

Pop11 doesn't have a sharp distinction between "reserved words" and
"extensions". They're just syntax words.

> I wonder if a 'core system' could fit on a single 1M4 diskette ?

*Some* core could. Whether it would be an interesting and useful
core is a separate question.

[1] Because the designers want to make it easier for the users to
  bald themselves than by tearing their hair out.

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Chris "electric hedgehog" Dollin
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