[exprla-devel] FAQs for comment

[reid_spencer <ras...@re...>]

--- In xpl-dev@y..., Jonathan Burns <saski@w...> wrote:
What is XPL?

XPL is a programming language whose source code consists
of XML documents.

Another way of saying this is:

XPL is a markup language for algorithms.

The specification of XPL is the task of the members of
the XPL: eXtensible Programming Language mailing list.


Why do we need XPL?

Platform-independent programmability for Web content.


Why do we need XPL, when we already have platform-
independent languages such as Java, JavaScript, Perl,
Tk/Tcl, and so on?

We expect that XPL will be simpler, and easier to extend,
than the cross-platform languages in use at present.

In some cases, there will be little difference between XPL
and the others, in terms of simplicity and extensibility.

However, these are the pioneering days of world-wide
distributed interactive information processing. In the
near future, every one of the solutions above will be
tested to its limits. There will be a need for any
software tool which provides more extensibility with
less complexity.



Jo que, companeros. I have several other questions to
work on, but my sense is that if we get these two down
solid, peoples' ears will prick up when they hit the
homepage.

If you think there's a better answer, or a better way
of stating things, post it in at once.

Jonathan

It's self-XPLanetary!
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