Wednesday, 2 February 2005
Evolution of programming languages
[19:00:34] SE|Around> I love token languages, but there's only one and it's dead.
[19:00:47] @Foolish> tokens are dead, long live tokens!
[19:00:55] Ophichius> Token Languages?
[19:01:06] SE|Around> Yeah, everything is a token
[19:01:17] SE|Around> and you pattern match to do anything.
[19:01:30] Ophichius> Hm, what exactly is a token?
[19:02:26] SE|Around> A token is a piece of information.
[19:02:30] SE|Around> "Hello" is a token.
[19:02:43] @Foolish> how about 'goodbye'?
[19:02:48] SE|Around> yep.
[19:02:54] SE|Around> "Hello Goodbye" is one token
[19:03:10] SE|Around> Explode("Hello Goodbye") would give you two.
[19:03:27] @Foolish> you didnt have a delimiter, how will it know!
[19:00:47] @Foolish> tokens are dead, long live tokens!
[19:00:55] Ophichius> Token Languages?
[19:01:06] SE|Around> Yeah, everything is a token
[19:01:17] SE|Around> and you pattern match to do anything.
[19:01:30] Ophichius> Hm, what exactly is a token?
[19:02:26] SE|Around> A token is a piece of information.
[19:02:30] SE|Around> "Hello" is a token.
[19:02:43] @Foolish> how about 'goodbye'?
[19:02:48] SE|Around> yep.
[19:02:54] SE|Around> "Hello Goodbye" is one token
[19:03:10] SE|Around> Explode("Hello Goodbye") would give you two.
[19:03:27] @Foolish> you didnt have a delimiter, how will it know!
