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Quote: creating new notations for programming is practical only if it is easy to add the necessary library packages

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Topic:
function library
Topic:
extensible languages

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In exchange for the advantages bought by having certain new notations available, I must labor to add to the library packages which make translation of these notations possible. Consequently, this central feature of the general purpose compiler is truly meaningful only if the labor required to obtain the use of new notations is comparatively small.


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