Why Ruby?

[Stephan Soller]

On 19.12.2010 14:22, Alex_Dovhal wrote:
> "Stephan Soller"<stephan.soller at helionweb.de>  wrote:
>> I don't think that the syntax improvement of chaining is worth such an
>> effort. It adds tons of complexity for only a very limited gain. I'm not
>> sure if I could write such self-parsed code without thinking about that
>> pipeline.
>
> I think I don't fully understand what you mean by syntax improvement for
> chaining. This my code is almost possible to run but needs some time and
> work (to get round CTFE limitations, enhance parser). But syntax parser
> behind it is rather primitive, if to use external tools one can make much
> better syntax parsers with much less efford.
>

I read your post in the context of method chaining with templates like 
filter! and map!. Looks like I missed the point. :)

I think your idea is pretty impressive. Maybe useful for some high-level 
stuff like mathematical formulas.