Creating a Mobile Programming Language
hecl, java-me, programming-languages
Solution
I am the author of just such a language: Hecl, at http://www.hecl.org . In order to make quite applications easier, I also created a site where you can build simple apps through a web interface: http://www.heclbuilder.com . I also wrote an article discussing the implementation of the language:
http://www.welton.it/articles/hecl_implementation
Other languages that are worth looking at include Lua, and Javascript, both of which have mobile implementations.
Problem
I'm thinking about creating a small language that is very easy to type on a mobile phone (J2ME), What is the more appropriate language to implement in order to run it inside a mobile phone (j2me always)? Appropriate meaning, small/easy syntax, easy to type in a mobile phone. Is it lisp? Some sort of Basic/Python/Ruby (I think not...)? Or another new (can you propose a new syntax?)?