Freeform - a meta language that allows defining and extending syntax inline.

Re:Freeform - a meta language that allows defining and exten... by lysol on Sunday July 24, 2011 @10:19AM (#2799419)

That is really neat. I'd been fighting with writing a scanner/parser for the first time and finally gave up -- this might scratch the itch that prompted me to do so in the first place.

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Re:Freeform - a meta language that allows defining and exten... by chaosgame on Sunday July 24, 2011 @11:50AM (#2799596)

http://archive.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/af...

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Re:Freeform - a meta language that allows defining and exten... by lysol on Sunday July 24, 2011 @11:52AM (#2799603)

Yeah, I got paste all that. It was the compilation stage that was the real brain bender.

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Re:Freeform - a meta language that allows defining and exten... by RodgerTheGreat on Sunday July 24, 2011 @02:27PM (#2799977)

Maybe you should start with a language in which compilation is simple, like Forth: http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/Docs-html/

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