After Parrot, what next?

Tue Apr 10 07:54:35 EDT 2001

Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:
> A bunch of us were discussing the new Parrot syntax (i.e things like 
> "left_angle_bracket_right_angle_bracket") today and came up with a great 
> idea for a new language syntax, which mixes the best ideas of Parrot and 
> XML.  Instead of:
[ snip ]
> you'd do:
> 
>    <for>
>    <controlvariable>line</controlvariable>
>    <iteratorlist>getlines</iteratorlist>
>    <body>
>    <statement>
>    <print>line</print>
>    </statement>
>    </body>
>    </for>
> 
> So, what'ya think?

You're too late.

  http://www.w3.org/TR/xexpr

Yes, I thought it was a joke at first too, but no joy. How can
anyone possibly consider this a good idea? The mind boggles. :(

Neel