lab 50 - structural expressions
By
caerwyn
NAME lab 50 - structural expressions NOTES Sometimes I write some code but I'll let it sit for ages because I can't do the lab write-up for it. I think it's probably better to just throw it out there and get on with the next thing. This is one of those labs. Maybe I'll come back and edit it more if I end up using the tool. I've been reading again Rob Pike's Structural Regular Expressions paper. It suggests variations on existing tools (sort, grep, diff and awk) where applying structural expressions might make the tools more versatile or change their character entirely. Inferno is missing awk and though it can be run externally I still feel such a tool ought to exist within Inferno. Text manipulation, software tools, filters, regular expressions, pattern-action languages: these make up the core of what I think Inferno should be about. If there's a specific user I have in mind for Inferno it's me, and my main use for it is as a programming environmen...