[racket] CAM

Years ago, I heard about AutoLisp from a non-programmer that used it. I think Racket would be a fine tool for making a newer and better one. I don't dare risk asking the originator of this thread for an example, for he will belittle me without ever giving an example, and tell me that I only use Racket for hobby projects.

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On Jan 25, 2013, at 7:07 AM, Tim Brown wrote:

> On 25/01/13 03:44, Hugh Aguilar wrote:
>> Do you guys know if anybody has done any CAM work in Racket, Scheme,
>> Lisp, etc.? Perhaps one of these 30-day wonders from the PLTgames
>> contest. :-)
> 
> Given as the 2nd PLT games contest is running, and the first one was a
> Turing tarpit; probably not.
> 
>> Actually, I'd be interested in hearing about any language used as a
>> framework for CAM (I have no patience for point-and-click CAM software,
>> but I'm only interested in DSL CAM systems).
> 
> I believe there are a number (>= 1) of CAM programmers using SWI Prolog,
> and active on the SWI Prolog list.  I guess there are certain spacial
> problems that are more "appropriately" solved using Prolog.  It might be
> worth raising a question over there, too.  [Nobody's done anything with
> datalog have they?]
> 
> Tim
> 
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