"In their new book, Domain Specific Languages, Martin Fowler and Rebecca Parsons demystify the creation of small languages by decomposing the practice into four-dozen carefully-named essays (patterns) offering solutions to every problem one might encounter. What would they call Txtzyme? They'd call it Delimiter-Directed Translation with Embedded Interpretation."

brid.js (pronounced like "bridges")
is a LISP that uses JSON instead of S-Expressions
implemented in JavaScript

based upon Peter Norvig's lis.py
(Sorry I dropped your ai-class, Peter.)

This was partially inspired by Stuart Halloway's talks
"Simplicity Ain't Easy" and "Radical Simplicity"

But the real story is:
Sometimes I need to use JSON outside of REST
And I've started using a style of
JSON document that looks a lot like S-Expressions.

"Perl actually borrows the precedence rules of “&&” and “||” from C, though I’m not entirely convinced the Perl and Ruby semantics of “and” and “or” are identical. We have to remember that Larry Wall is a linguist, and that some of Perl’s idiosyncrasies are due more to human considerations than machine. Programming Perl has several pages of great content on “and” and “or”."

Holy shit.

"From the beginning of her research in Nicaragua in 1986 until Nicaraguan Sign Language was well-established, Kegl carefully avoided introducing the signed languages she already knew, in particular American Sign Language, to the deaf community in Nicaragua. A type of linguistic imperialism had been occurring internationally for decades where individuals would introduce ASL to populations of deaf people in other countries, often supplanting already existing local signed languages. Kegl's policy was to document and study rather than to impose or change the language or its community. While she did not interfere with deaf Nicaraguans gaining exposure to other signed languages, she did not introduce such opportunities herself. She has however documented contact and influences with other signed languages that began as early as the 1990s and that continue to influence ISN as any languages in contact influence one another."

Comment: "[Automation] -> improves -> [Human Productivity]
[Programs] -> are written in -> [Languages]
[Languages] -> are -> [Compiled] -> for better -> [Machine Performance]
[Languages] -> are -> [Interpreted] -> for better -> [Human Productivity]"

"The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages."

"A full list of Like, Python keywords is below (swearing optional):

Valleygirl: omg, so, like, totally, right, toootally
Frat guy: friggin, fuckin, dude, man, bro, broheim, broseph
Internets: lol, rofl, teh, ohai, plz
Snoop: yo, homey, homeboy, sup, dog, shit, girl, ma, biatch, ho, shiiit
Local: wicked, hella, anyways
Misc: just, hey, yeah, ok, um, uh, ah, actually, something"

"Towards the end of the 1980s middleware began to emerge that attempted to address these issues. Initial middleware offerings addressed specific handfuls of platforms or languages and thus had limited usefulness. Over time, however, middleware products have become more and more advanced, supporting multiple platforms, languages and protocols."

Benny The Irish Polyglot

Ruby-style colon-prefixed symbols, escapable with vertical bars.