Re: What programming languages are simply abstractions on top of another programming language?

From	George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net>
Newsgroups	comp.compilers
Subject	Re: What programming languages are simply abstractions on top of another programming language?
Date	2022-06-21 15:10 -0400
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On Sat, 18 Jun 2022 19:42:55 +0000, Roger L Costello
<costello@mitre.org> wrote:

>... "What other programming languages are simply
>abstractions on top of an existing programming language?"

In addition to gah4's excellent list, I would include Lisp in which a
significant fraction is implemented as macros which build on a simpler
version of Lisp. And of course, Lisp's metalanguage is Lisp.

Some amount of Scheme also is macros building on simpler Scheme,
however Scheme's metalanguage is not Scheme but a hybrid that includes
Scheme. How much is implemented using macros depends on the particular
implementation.

YMMV,
George

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What programming languages are simply abstractions on top of another programming language? Roger L Costello <costello@mitre.org> - 2022-06-18 19:42 +0000
  Re: What programming languages are simply abstractions on top of another programming language? gah4 <gah4@u.washington.edu> - 2022-06-20 15:36 -0700
    What programming languages are simply abstractions on top of another programming language? Christopher F Clark <christopher.f.clark@compiler-resources.com> - 2022-06-21 23:34 +0300
  Re: What programming languages are simply abstractions on top of another programming language? George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2022-06-21 15:10 -0400
  Re: What programming languages are simply abstractions on top of another programming language? Kaz Kylheku <480-992-1380@kylheku.com> - 2022-06-22 01:31 +0000

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