[Tutor] Request review: A DSL for scraping a web page

[Dave Angel]

On 04/02/2015 06:41 AM, Alan Gauld wrote:
> On 02/04/15 10:50, Dave Angel wrote:
>> On 04/02/2015 04:22 AM, Alan Gauld wrote:
>>>
>>> DSL?
>>
>> This is "Domain Specific Language".  This is a language built around a
>> specific problem domain,
>
> Ah, Thanks Dave!
> I am used to those being called simply "Little languages" after the
> famous Jon Bently ACM article that introduced the concept.
>
> http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LittleLanguage
>
> DSL especially confused me because we had an in-house language
> called that, but it wasn't available outside so I didn't see
> how the OP could be using it :-)
>

Ah, Jon Bentley (notice the extra 'e').  I should dig out my *Pearls 
books, and have a trip down memory lane.  I bet 95% of those are still 
useful, even if they refer to much earlier versions of language(s).

I also should find myself a modern Forth system, and see how that's 
evolved over time.  Years ago I was an observer on the ANSI Forth 
standard, as well as newsletter editor for the local FIG.

-- 
DaveA