Wouter Coene

I'm a native of TheNetherlands. Languages I speak are:

• DutchLanguage (native)
• EnglishLanguage (with a heavy Dutch accent)
• CeeLanguage, CeePlusPlus
• PhpLanguage, TclLanguage, a little PerlLanguage, JavaLanguage
• VhdlLanguage
• LabView (though I really want to recycle those neurons)

I'm also trying to be a LanguageDesigner.

My email address is: wouter (on) irdc (dot) nl (though I may not respond to email; I'm generally busy).

Wiki pages I've started:

• this page
• OperatorPrecedenceConsideredHarmful
• VhdlLanguage

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What are your objectives as a language designer? I ask this question in all the ways it can be interpreted.

Well, I've grown tired of C/C++, don't really like Java and figured I should probably try designing something myself. I'm specifically going for something that can be compiled and is powerful enough to replace C in almost all situations (possibly excluding OS-programming). Languages I find inspirational are:

• CeeLanguage (the way it manages to be at least usable almost everywhere)
• LabView (not the layout, but the DataFlowProgramming concepts)
• TclLanguage / LispLanguage (the extensibility and utter simplicity of the core language)
• HaskellLanguage (syntax and semantic issues of user-defined operators)
• SmalltalkLanguage (the daring attitude of the designers)

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I'm the current record holder of delurking to all-out FlameWar.

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