Other Technologies
Lisp, Scheme, etc.
- Intermediate between scripting and system programming.
- Not great for either:
- Doesn’t interoperate.
- Not efficient, not much structure.
- Pioneered many concepts: interpreters, dynamic typing, garbage collection.
- Great for language/paradigm experiments.
String manipulation languages (e.g. SNOBOL):
- Recognized power of least common denominator (strings).
- Didn’t find large body of applications (no components?).