Re: [Exim] improvments to exim

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Autor: Greg A. Woods
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A: Andrew - Supernews
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Assumpte: Re: [Exim] improvments to exim
[ On Friday, December 19, 2003 at 11:45:48 (+0000), Andrew - Supernews wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [Exim] improvments to exim
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> I am not convinced that using Tcl as a configuration language is the
> right approach, but I don't know of any other languages that would
> come even close to being suitable. In particular, Tcl has the
> Lisp-like property that code and data share the same structure, which
> makes it easy to write code-generating code.


The problem with TCL is that it's not lisp.

It's syntax is almost infinitely more complex, IMNSHO, than lisp, even CL.

There are lots of good choices for extension languages:

C-like (procedural):

    pike
    ici
    icon
    lua


lisp-like:

    elk
    guile
    rep


functional:

    haskell
    ml
    caml
    erlang


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