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-August 26, 2012
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+August 29, 2012
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-This project is essentially an investigation of some off-beat ideas about functional
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-programming through the design and implementation of a novel language called Ursala
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-(a pseudo-acronym for universal applicative language). Its main preoccupations are
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-brevity and flexibility for rapid prototyping, with a bias toward applications involving
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-text processing/compilation, trees, graphs, and number crunching (via built-in API's
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-for some good numerical libraries such as lapack, gsl, mpfr, and others). It's probably
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-best suited to individual projects because it enforces no particular coding standards or
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-practices and makes unreadable code easier to write than most non-esoteric languages.
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+This project is essentially an investigation of some off-beat ideas
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+about functional programming through the design and implementation of
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+a novel language called Ursala (a pseudo-acronym for universal
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+applicative language). Its main preoccupations are brevity and
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+flexibility for rapid prototyping, with a bias toward applications
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+involving text processing/compilation, trees, graphs, and number
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+crunching (via built-in API's for some good numerical libraries such
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+as lapack, gsl, mpfr, and others). It's probably best suited to
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+individual projects because it enforces no particular coding standards
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+or practices and makes unreadable code easier to write than most
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+non-esoteric languages.
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-Ursala is mainly an individual effort that has been around for some years but
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-neglected lately due my day job. I'm now looking to revive it and address some issues,
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-such as improving the web presence and on-line documentation. Comments and feedback
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-are welcome on the mailing list, [email protected].
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+Ursala is mainly an individual effort that has been around for some
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+years but neglected lately due to my day job. I'm now looking to
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+revive it and address some issues, such as improving the web presence
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+and on-line documentation. Comments and feedback are welcome on the
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+mailing list, [email protected].
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Dennis Furey
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Dennis Furey