tony@rlgvax.UUCP (Tony Stuart) (03/13/88)
Max, The Programming Language, Version 1.00, is finally
available. Max is based on the idea that a programming
language does not need to be complicated to be powerful.
It has a simple syntax and offers many of the features
of C and Lisp. The language is fully extensible.
Max comes with an integrated development environment
called MaxEdit. Max and MaxEdit support multiple windows,
both tiled (adjacent) and piled (overlapping). Using
MaxEdit it is possible to write programs in one
window and enter commands in another window.
The basic lexical unit in Max is the function. There is
a large library of builtin functions and programs are
written by creating user defined functions. The builtin
function library includes a variety of string, list, array
and pattern matching functions. There are also numerous
flow of control functions such as case, do, for, if,
until, while, etc. New flow of control functions can
be defined as well.
The executables and documentation for Max may be found
in comp.binaries.ibm.pc as a uuencoded and arc'd series
of files. They may be freely copied and distributed
for noncommercial purposes. I developed Max in my spare
time over the last year. Give it a try and tell me
what you think of it.
--
Anthony F. Stuart, {uunet|sundc)!rlgvax!tony
CCI, 11490 Commerce Park Drive, Reston, VA 22091