Languages as libraries

Programming language design benefits from constructs for extending the syntax and semantics of a host language. While C’s stringbased macros empower programmers to introduce notational shorthands, the parser-level macros of Lisp encourage experimentation with domain-specific languages. The Scheme programming language improves on Lisp with macros that respect lexical scope. The design of Racket—a descendant of Scheme—goes even fur

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: PLDI
• Authors: Sam Tobin-Hochstadt, Vincent St-Amour, Ryan Culpepper, Matthew Flatt, Matthias Felleisen
• Keywords: PLDI 2011, Programming Language Design, Programming Languages, Scheme Programming Language, Syntax And Semantics