I'm not saying they're not useful, but they're usually part of some  
internal DSL,
why not introduce full-blown DSL? (for math, func programming, whatever  
else)

When using internal DSLs you have to switch your mind to different  
language anyway,
why not represent it in code in a different way too?

I've written few internal DSLs when I was doing Java, and it always felt
like "ew. wtf? is this java?" with need for careful inspecting. And it  
always
decreased code-readability, but this can be subjective (as everything).

Dne Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:38:31 +0200 Stéphane Rollandin  
<lecteur at zogotounga.net> napsal(a):

>> 1.) binary messages make sense only for math. I've never implemented  
>> even
>> one binary message, have you? (for non-math things)
>
> 49 of them for this package only:
> http://www.zogotounga.net/comp/squeak/functionaltalk.htm
>
> (see at the bottom of the page)
>
>
> Stef