[Python-ideas] Why shouldn't Python be better at implementing Domain Specific Languages?

[James Lu]

We should all take a look at Ruby Blocks and think about how Python could benefit from something similar.

> On Aug 31, 2018, at 3:14 AM, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer <arj.python at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> i believe a DSL is simple enough for an enthusiastic py programmer to write if you really wanted one
> 
> just write the tasks you need to accomplish, the data needed, the constrcuts needed (if needed), the feel/look of it on your editor
> 
> plan first, come up with a good mock, then implement it. implementation is easy, ideas are hard. good ideas offload the efforts on the implementation side, they can also save you future troubles
> 
> let me take an example :
> 
> a DSL to calculate the cost of houses
> 
> aim : calculate cost of houses
> 
> input :
> num of houses
> price of house
> 
> output :
> price of houses
> 
> technical tasks :
> show to screen
> 
> it might go on like that
> 
> --- file ---
> 
> house num 1,000
> house price 250,000
> calculate sum
> 
> --- output ---
> 
> $ 250 000 000
> 
> in the above example, assumptions were made and functions crammed but you have a dsl. real-life dsls are not far from the specs of this one but differ in the tools used
> 
> Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
> https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ
> Mauritius
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