>To write DSLs? You cannot use JSON to create new syntax for your language. The whole idea of DSLs is to extend the language for the problem at hand.
I'm not that sold on DSLs. I have a language (the base language) that people know, has certain semantics, etc.
Now I suddenly go on and add a new mini-language on top of it, with my ad-hoc semantics for the "problem domain"? Why multiply the languages used, so that someone would have to reason and understand both, instead of just one?
I could just use the functionality of the base language, AND it's syntax/semantics, to model the problem. I.e with objects in an OO design, with functions, in a procedural design, data and first class function in a functional design etc.
I don't really like all those Ruby DSLs for example, like for testing, were you have to learn each one ON TOP or knowing the core language.
I'm not that sold on DSLs. I have a language (the base language) that people know, has certain semantics, etc.
Now I suddenly go on and add a new mini-language on top of it, with my ad-hoc semantics for the "problem domain"? Why multiply the languages used, so that someone would have to reason and understand both, instead of just one?
I could just use the functionality of the base language, AND it's syntax/semantics, to model the problem. I.e with objects in an OO design, with functions, in a procedural design, data and first class function in a functional design etc.
I don't really like all those Ruby DSLs for example, like for testing, were you have to learn each one ON TOP or knowing the core language.