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A case study of concatenative v.s. applicative syntax design

I implemented a language a while ago.

Based on some feedback, I change it's syntax from concatenative:

- Stack-based like forth.
- Simple and shorter code.
- Easy to do refactoring.

to applicative:

- JavaScript-like syntax.
- Using pattern matching to define interaction rule.
- Can use currying, because we have explicit parentheses.

But I am still not sure which is better.

What do you think?

By xieyuheng at 2023-09-24 03:47 | LtU Forum | 5 comments | other blogs | 6400 reads