Clemens Hintze <c.hintze / gmx.net> wrote: > > >>>>> "Christian" == Christian <christians / syd.microforte.com.au> writes: > >(...) > > Christian> Slightly off-topic (hey, it hasn't stopped me before): > Christian> why can we not have an interpreted language that is > Christian> based on C++, not C? Python is C, Ruby is C, Perl is > Christian> C. What about a language that is built using C++ and > Christian> C++ principals, where we can extend and enhance in C++? > Christian> Is there one? > >Two, I know of ... no three! > >Brain: http://brain.sourceforge.net (under heavily developement) >Ctalk: http://www.ispras.ru/~knizhnik (nearly dead) >Self: http://www.sun.com/research/self (dead) > Allow me to add another dead one: Topaz: http://topaz.sourceforge.net/ It was an attempt to rewrite Perl in C++. If it had succeeded it would have been Perl 6. Unfortunately a piece of overloaded Perl syntax (namely pseudo- hashes) proved to be a serious implementation problem and the project was aborted. Pseudo-hashes are now being removed from the language. Cheers, Ben _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com