| BibTeX |
[Oct. 16th, 2006|04:23 am] |
It will surprise no-one to learn that BibTeX, the bibliography-formatting accessory to LaTeX (which is itself a set of macros extending Knuth's TeX), contains an entire only-kind-of-domain-specific language to specify bibliography styles; see, for instance, the implementation of the "plain" style. The language is described in Designing BibTeX styles, otherwise known as BTXHAK.
An exercise for the reader: Perform a census of all mini-languages present in a typical Unix installation. How many are Turing-complete? |
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