Lambda the Ultimate

My only complaint about Martin (Fowler)'s talk is that he didn't mention Smalltalk and that he said that the Lisp people have been making DSLs for 20 years. I learned about them about 20 years ago, and the Lisp people had been doing it for 20 years before that, so I think they have been doing it for 40 years. Neverthless, DSLs are only starting to become a hot topic. OOPSLA has had a Domain Specific Modeling workshop for four or five years, and I'm hoping that next year it will grow into a symposium. These are ideas that need to become ubiquitous.

Ralph also mentions Intentional Software and points to Fowler's JAOO talk on Domain Specific Languages, a video of which is available online.

I just noticed the existence of this O'Reilly book penned, so it seems, by Maurice Naftalin and (believe it or not) Philip Wadler! Is this for real, or a very elaborate hoax? It seems possible, if you remember the history of Java generics, so I guess it's true, but if someone actually saw a copy I'd be reassured...

The blurb, by the way, is from Gilad Bracha who says that this is a crystal-clear tutorial that starts with the basics and ends leaving the reader with a deep understanding of both the use and design of generics. Ya think?!