20 Nov
2009
20 Nov
'09
1:31 a.m.
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Warren Henning
Interesting to see actual generated code.
Is this like code generation systems for database applications where you stick stuff into string templates (e.g., a generator in Ruby on Rails), or is it actually compiling an embedded domain specific language?
Atom is not a macro expansion language by any stretch. It does let you write primitive actions as C strings, but the core of the language is based on GADTs and type classes. In fact, the example I posted contained no custom primitive actions; the C code was rendered purely from the core datatypes.