compiling Rtml

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Rtml was a "very thin"[*] layer above CL for generating HTML.

Classic Rtml may or may not have supported the following example[+], but
its translation appears straightforward.

    Letters ()
    TITLE "A B C..." 
    BODY
      FOR-EACH variable letter
               sequence "abcdefg"
        TEXT letter
        LINEBREAK

[*] http://people.csail.mit.edu/gregs/ll1-discuss-archive-html/msg02226.html
[+] http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/store/edit/advanced/advanced-33.html

How willing a participant is the reader when it comes to compiling
little languages? (Note that in Rtml, indentation shows structure.)

Graham also suggested that symbol-macros were critical in Rtml's
implementation. What role might they have played?

Thanks for any pointers.

Greg
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Reply gbacon (88) 3/28/2007 2:20:52 PM


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