Thread: Antenna programming tool/language/compiler/preprocessor?
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Old June 16th 07, 08:35 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Antenna programming tool/language/compiler/preprocessor?
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:54:02 -0700, wrote:

Of course, it looks like C, but the pre-
processer has limitations.

Hi Aziz,

A syntax looking like C for the purpose of describing an antenna
design engine meta-language is not a particularly good match. The
difference is between it being procedural whereas the meta-language
would, in my estimation, be more useful if it was declarative. BNF is
very simple to implement either, so it would seem the effort should be
invested in a tool that was oriented towards the user rather than a
programmer. Besides, C is a pretty crummy language with even more
horrid library syntaxes (assembler is far more elegant).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC
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