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    Design Issues in a Minimal Language to Support Lisp-based, Object-based, and Rule-based Programming
    (University of Oregon, 1988-12-30) Fickas, Stephen; Doerry, Eckehard; Meyer, David; Miller, Peter
    In this paper we argue for a minimalist view of language design for Expert System environments. In support of our arguments we present MIN, a minimal language which extends the less-is-better philosophy of Scheme to include both object-based and rule-based components. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of MIN as an embodiment of the minimalist philosophy, and point to other work supporting this view of language design.