meta.compiler

10.10: adda/meta.compiler:
. there should be a meta.compiler
that lets you  write a list of
transforms from adda to target lang
and then the meta compiler is
generating the compiler from this list .
. to get started, just make the usual compiler;
and, along the way,
be looking for how to generalize the process;
--
. the first step is to finalize the adda lang,
then write a translation map from general adda
to the simple adda that maps directly to c
(eg, procedures can't be nested ).

metalang (language for defining language)

8.21: adda/syntax kept simple:

. make it easy to define control structures

for letting users decide what a good language is .

12.19:

. this could make life more complicated for {maintainers, readers}

as each subprogram may potentially involve

having to learn yet another a new sublang';

but, this could also be fixed by other tools:

smart search&replace, and macro expansion,

which would translate all the source's user-defined language

into the std lang' .

comments via label

8.27: adda/syntax/simplified conditional:

. while it simplifies the lang to have only one way to do a conditional,

some find it a distraction not to have (if ) at the front;

since a conditional is a big deal

and is easily overlooked with the ?-operator being at the end of a line .

. for those who like (if),

they can make it part of a label,

which is one way to have a comment come before a stmt:

eg,

[if my condition]: b ? s; no? s2 .