On 12 Des, 17:44, "J. Clifford Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Programmable syntax is a very powerful concept. You don't have to use the programmable syntax just because it's there. But I do realize it would be a misfeature if it is abused. Two points: * Programmable syntax would make it easier to write an efficient native compiler. The compiler would only need to know about the small subset of language used for bootstrapping (i.e. any high-level OOP constructs could emerge from defmacros). * Numerical extensions like NumPy create a temporary array when expressions like '(a+b)*(c+d)' is evaluated. This is because the overloaded operators do not see the whole expression. Programmable syntax is a remedy for this. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
