From: Ian Hobson <ian.hobson@...>
Date: 2009-08-02T03:17:53+09:00
Subject: Re: How Come Ruby is Text-Oriented?

pharrington wrote:
> On Jul 30, 10:11 am, Brian Candler <b.cand...@pobox.com> wrote:
>   
>> Ian Hobson wrote:
>>     
>>> There was one attempt at a language that plugged together data flow
>>> pipes. I can no longer remember the name.
>>>       
>> Fantastic. That would let you store all programs as graphs, which could
>> be serialised as big blobs of XML for ultimate portability. Programming
>> could then become as simple as this:
>>     
>
> But if we're going to the point of serializing the program as XML, why
> not take the next logical step on simplify the XML in S expressions?
> Wait..
>   
Is that LISP, a (John) McCarthyism or simply humour ignored?  :)

ROFL