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From: erik@lexmark.com (Erik Ackerman)
Subject: Re: implementing Dylan
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In article <erik-2901960739040001@c21macpm8100.pfv.prtdev.lexmark.com>
           erik@lexmark.com "Erik Ackerman" writes:

> Martijn,
>    I probably won't be a whole lot of help on this, but I think that this
> is quite a noble plan and would love to do anything I can to help.  For
> starters, you might try talking to Carnegie-Mellon, since they have been
> working on Dylan for Unix and that would probably be a good headstart for
> the BeBox.  Lots of luck, and let me know if I can help.


Actually, I just got done doing a bit of poking through my Technology
Release (esp. the DRM) and realized that Dylan could do a heck of a job of
bootstraping itself given the BNF grammar and LALR(1) grammar in the
back.  Lex and Yacc just LOVE these.  So use lex and yacc to get a base
Dylan going on any platform, and then use Dylan itself to do a solid
implementation.  If no-one beats me to this, I'm gonna give it a shot when
my BeBox arrives (any time now).  What do you think?

Erik

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