What makes some API's become DSL's?
Recorded by Eric Normand. Published: August 3, 2020. Updated: July 30, 2020.
This is an episode of The Eric Normand Podcast.
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What causes an API to cross the line into becoming a DSL? Is it really a 'I'll know it when I see it' situation? I've been searching for an answer for years. And I think I found it in a paper I read recently for this podcast: Lisp: A language for stratified design. In this episode, we go over the main factor that makes an API a DSL: the closure property.