Re:An obscure research project could accelerate innovation i...
by kd0amg on Saturday January 07, 2017 @06:15PM
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Whether these restricted languages are doable as embedded DSLs in general-purpose language remains to be seen. There have been attempts that work pretty well (Accelerate for Haskell is the one I know best), but they are limited in expressibility, and the ergonomics (type errors and conceptual clarity) are not great.
Ziggurat[0] was an attempt at a general-purpose system to communicate static properties of DSLs past the more general host language (where they don't necessarily apply). It probably falls under the "ergonomics are not great" category though.
Ziggurat[0] was an attempt at a general-purpose system to communicate static properties of DSLs past the more general host language (where they don't necessarily apply). It probably falls under the "ergonomics are not great" category though.
0: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/shivers/papers/ziggurat-jfp.pdf