Practical Language Design

• Leverage existing culture

  • C-like languages
  • FORTRAN arrays

• Leverage existing design

• Small language, small compiler

  • no interpreter
  • compile into C

• No heroism

  • rely on well-understood techniques
  • treat advanced optimizations as a convenience rather than a necessity

Java

Titanium

Other high-performance languages

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