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A Lisp Subset Based on MathML

Yuzhen Xie, Stephen M. Watt, Luca Padovani

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We are interested in an XML representation for programming languages. Could content markup of MathML be used for this purpose, especially in the setting of a functional programming language? In order to address this question we have developed an interpreter for a Scheme-like language encoded in XML. We demonstrate that, with some degree of extension to its core elements, syntax and default semantics of content MathML are quite sufficient to represent Scheme expressions. We also describe the basic architecture of the interpreter, which has been written in Java. Our work suggests that the potential of a web scripting language encoded in XML (possibly based on MathML) is very high. In particular, it offers very natural mechanisms to construct XML expressions dynamically incorporating desired XML subexpressions.

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We are interested in an XML representation for programming languages. Could content markup of MathML be used for this purpose, especially in the setting of a functional programming language? In order to address this question we have developed an interpreter for a Scheme-like language encoded in XML. We demonstrate that, with some degree of extension to its core elements, syntax and default semantics of content MathML are quite sufficient to represent Scheme expressions. We also describe the basic architecture of the interpreter, which has been written in Java. Our work suggests that the potential of a web scripting language encoded in XML (possibly based on MathML) is very high. In particular, it offers very natural mechanisms to construct XML expressions dynamically incorporating desired XML subexpressions.

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We are interested in an XML representation for programming languages. Could content markup of MathML be used for this purpose, especially in the setting of a functional programming language? In order to address this question we have developed an interpreter for a Scheme-like language encoded in XML. We demonstrate that, with some degree of extension to its core elements, syntax and default semantics of content MathML are quite sufficient to represent Scheme expressions. We also describe the basic architecture of the interpreter, which has been written in Java. Our work suggests that the potential of a web scripting language encoded in XML (possibly based on MathML) is very high. In particular, it offers very natural mechanisms to construct XML expressions dynamically incorporating desired XML subexpressions.

Key concepts: Computer science, Programming language, XML, Scripting language, World Wide Web

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