Re: [tlug] Alternatives to sed + awk

[Simon Cozens <simon@example.com>]

On 09/03/2011 20:47, Josh Glover wrote:
> One use of Ruby's power tools that certainly adds to expressiveness is
> defining a domain-specific language without needing a parser.

So long as it's a domain that happens to have exactly the same syntax as Ruby.

> Lisp is also good for that.

So long as it's a domain that happens to have exactly the same syntax as Lisp.

http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/05/the_is_it_a_dsl_or_an_api_ten.html