Experiences with an icon-like expression evaluation system

Authors:
Laurence Tratt
Affiliations:
Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
Venue:
Proceedings of the 6th symposium on Dynamic languages
Year:
2010

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Abstract

The design of the Icon programming language's expression evaluation system, which can perform limited backtracking, was unique amongst imperative programming languages when created. In this paper I explain and critique the original Icon design and show how a similar system can be integrated into a modern dynamically typed language. Finally I detail my experiences of this system and offer suggestions for the lessons to be learned from it.