Re: OT: Programming Languages (Was: Spell Checking for Non European Languages, and for Conlangs)

Hi!

"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> writes:
... a lot of very interesting off-topic stuff :-) ...
> but I also do a significant amount of work at the "glue level" in
> Perl and shell script.
Oh, yes, Shell scripts.  I forgot.  I use them a lot, too.

> When I program a tool for my personal use, or just something for
> fun, I use Ruby,
Be ensured that I will have a lock at it before I try Python.  I
disagree about the fall-backs of layout rules, but I see you have
strong arguments for Ruby, so I will definitely give it a try.

> All the dynamic stuff on my website, including the "render this text
> in Okaikiar's writing system" page, is written in Ruby.
Ok, so other people do it, too.  Let scripts speak your conlang...

I just kind of finished programming the interlinear representation of
S7 in Lisp, so all the examples on my home page are nicer now.  S7 is
totally in Lisp -- the whole webpage, including all text and of course
the grammar -- is written in Lisp.

As to the rendering of text: I used Metafont for Fukhian script --
unbeatable in quality and expressivenesss --, C++ for a
Latex-preprocessor for Fukhian and then C++ for the more complex
system of Tyl-Sjok, which produces PostScript.  The 200+ radicals are
still mostly not implemented, though.  The Latex-preprocessor for
Tyl-Sjok is written in Perl.  All lexicons so far are in Lisp.

And: I got my 'Grammar of Kalaallisut' today. :-)))  Interesting! :-)

**Henrik