Design Issues in a Minimal Language to Support Lisp-based, Object-based, and Rule-based Programming
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Date
1988-12-30
Authors
Fickas, Stephen
Doerry, Eckehard
Meyer, David
Miller, Peter
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University of Oregon
Abstract
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.
Description
13 pages
Keywords
MIN, Scheme programming language, Lisp programming language