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Hello folks,

I'm trying to write a paper about the core idea of Staapl from the
perspective of concatenative code rewriting, and how a particular
_implementation_ of this gives a convenient applicative -> concatenative
metaprogramming framework.

These two blog posts try to explain the mechanism:

http://zwizwa.be/ramblings/staapl-blog/20080806-212034
http://zwizwa.be/ramblings/staapl-blog/20080625-162839

As side information a post that deals with the 'impedance match'
between Scheme and the concatenative macro language, based on
pattern matching and quasiquotation:

http://zwizwa.be/ramblings/staapl-blog/20080526-203330

I'm wondering mostly if this makes sense..  While using the abstractions
in real life works beautifully, I have great trouble trying to explain
in a few words why this all works so well.

Basicly, it's the interplay of:
  * pattern matching for destruction/construction of stack machine code
  * using this for eager partial evaluation implementing rewrite rules
  * macro hygiene and lexical closures

Any comment welcome.
(Best one gets a free PIC kit ;)

Cheers,
Tom




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