Crosscut

The evaluation model of the previous prototype (which resulted from my choice of postfix syntax) caused many problems. I've already presented some examples. And I swear, the plan up until yesterday, was to present you with the solution I had chosen, right here and now. I have a fully written draft! But no, not today, as it turns out 😄

When I made the choice to start a new prototype, I knew that I wanted to keep the syntax easy, for the time being. A known quantity. And my first thought was to use S-expressions, or something closely inspired by them. As time went on (it's already been three weeks!), I changed my aim towards a model more inspired by the Haskell/ML family of functional languages.

For reasons I won't go into today, I have doubts about both models. Meanwhile, I had started thinking about a new concept based on postfix syntax. This morning, both those doubts and my ideas about the new concept reached a critical mass. And I'm no longer sure what to do.

I see a long series of thoughts about that coming. But for now, let's move on with the list of problems of the previous prototype.