From: Raffael Cavallaro
Subject: Lisp based DSL for bio on Ars Technica
Date: 
Message-ID: <2008073009255843658-raffaelcavallaro@pasdespamsilvousplaitmaccom>
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080729-little-b-project-creates-biology-specific-programming-system.html>

Though 

Little b was mentioned here before, I thought people might want to see 
other mainstream net coverage of a lisp-based technology.
From: Alberto Riva
Subject: Re: Lisp based DSL for bio on Ars Technica
Date: 
Message-ID: <g6pv3k$eg4q$1@usenet.osg.ufl.edu>
Raffael Cavallaro wrote:
> <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080729-little-b-project-creates-biology-specific-programming-system.html>
> 
> 
> 
> Though Little b was mentioned here before, I thought people might
> want to see other mainstream net coverage of a lisp-based technology.

We've come full circle:

"Lisp's syntax is based on lists � data structures that Mallavarapu said
are conceptually similar to chunks of XML"

Alberto
From: Raffael Cavallaro
Subject: Re: Lisp based DSL for bio on Ars Technica
Date: 
Message-ID: <2008073017264216807-raffaelcavallaro@pasdespamsilvousplaitmaccom>
On 2008-07-30 10:50:28 -0400, Alberto Riva <·····@nospam.ufl.edu> said:

> We've come full circle:
> 
> "Lisp's syntax is based on lists � data structures that Mallavarapu said
> are conceptually similar to chunks of XML"

Well they do have to make it intelligible to the young savages who 
frequent ars ;^)
From: Steve Graham
Subject: Re: Lisp based DSL for bio on Ars Technica
Date: 
Message-ID: <76349e64-7423-4d20-b0cf-d26ec948af73@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
On Jul 30, 7:25 am, Raffael Cavallaro <················@pas-d'espam-
s'il-vous-plait-mac.com> wrote:
> <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080729-little-b-project-create...>
>
> Though
>
> Little b was mentioned here before, I thought people might want to see
> other mainstream net coverage of a lisp-based technology.

What is it in Lisp which makes it so suitable for this task?


Steve
From: Marco Antoniotti
Subject: Re: Lisp based DSL for bio on Ars Technica
Date: 
Message-ID: <0c4fe308-ca99-4457-be31-640872a94e5e@c65g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>
On Jul 31, 12:06 pm, Steve Graham <···················@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jul 30, 7:25 am, Raffael Cavallaro <················@pas-d'espam-
>
> s'il-vous-plait-mac.com> wrote:
> > <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080729-little-b-project-create...>
>
> > Though
>
> > Little b was mentioned here before, I thought people might want to see
> > other mainstream net coverage of a lisp-based technology.
>
> What is it in Lisp which makes it so suitable for this task?

maybe the fact that "XML is S-exprs in a drag"? :)

Cheers
--
Marco
From: Raffael Cavallaro
Subject: Re: Lisp based DSL for bio on Ars Technica
Date: 
Message-ID: <g6t83n$a9h$1@aioe.org>
On 2008-07-31 12:06:49 -0400, Steve Graham 
<···················@gmail.com> said:

> What is it in Lisp which makes it so suitable for this task?

in a nutshell, lisp's DSL crafting strengths. See the article for details.
From: Steve Graham
Subject: Re: Lisp based DSL for bio on Ars Technica
Date: 
Message-ID: <cb7e52c3-d5d1-4b21-af04-fc55513f5536@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
On Jul 30, 7:25 am, Raffael Cavallaro <················@pas-d'espam-
s'il-vous-plait-mac.com> wrote:
> <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080729-little-b-project-create...>
>
> Though
>
> Little b was mentioned here before, I thought people might want to see
> other mainstream net coverage of a lisp-based technology.

I wonder if it has been used for other things than biomedical
modeling.


Steve
comp.lang.lisp / 2008 / jul