> 2. This informal introduction leaves a lot unspecified. List several open
> questions you have about the language’s syntax and semantics. What do you
> think the answers should be?
- String escaping, Unicode?
- Interaction with the system (i.e., exit status code)?
- What are the built-in errors?
- What happens when we all a function with the wrong number of arguments? It
would be cool if it were curried...
- Multiple inheritance?
> 3. Lox is a pretty tiny language. What features do you think it is missing
> that would make it annoying to use for real programs? (Aside from the
> standard library, of course.)
No way to interact with the outside world, whether that's files, stdin, or
networking. No parallelization. Somewhat reminiscent of Lua, really.
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