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Can anyone explain the 'nature' of XPL? That is:
1) Is it a version of, or derivative of, some older language like Fortran, Lisp or Cobol?
2) Given the speed of modern processors, would it be feasible to write an XPL
interpreter in a language accessible to or hooked into (if that's the right phrase) existing text or 'programming' editors?
And a related question:
In text/programming editors such as TextMate, how difficult would it be to mimic the format-coding-hiding-and-revealing behaviour of XyWrite? Is there an editor that would make this easy to accomplish? I rarely want anything approaching WYSIWYG,
but it is much easier to write in XyWrite if the codes are hidden in the triangles.
Myron
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