Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "UNIX Special: Profs Kernighan u0026 Brailsford - Computerphile" video.

  1. I believe that the invention of the "little languages" is the most fundamental contribution of UNIX to Computing. The concept (now called Domain Specific Languages, DSL) is one area of computing where I expect a LOT of development. Because once a "little language" has been implemented, it makes life a LOT easier for domain specialists who otherwise need to spend far too much time writing programs in generic programming languages. In a modern system, the combination of a graphical front-end, a DSL as an intermediate stage, and various back-end programs that consume the DSL, is an extremely powerful combination. Far superior to having it all in a single monolithic program.
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