TODO list

Here is a list of improvment, I 'd like to make :

• Allowing to use undeclared variables.
  When looking at current Lem script, it appears to have many declaration, so although declaring variable is wishable in a large program, it makes the writing of small script a pain. So I 'd like to have the possibility to enable or disable an auto-declaration feature.
• Improving startup time.
  In the current implementation, a lot of code is compiled at startup time. A way to fix the problem would be to put this code an a pre-compiled module.
• Adding support for exception in the core language
• Save a full running environment.
  This is something possible in smalltalk.
• Allowing run time function resolution.
  Currently, when a function is invoked, the avaibility of the function is checked at compile time. While this avoid runtime error, I think this constraint should be relaxed for some type. For instance, similarly to objective-c , we could allow for object the "Object" class (In Lem , "Object" is the root class for all objects) type to lookup the function at runtime.
• Adding the notion of interface (like Java interface)
• Write the code to dump a stack trace
• Write new domain specific langage such as lemmake (a make replacement)
• Porting on other hardware architecture support (powerpc for mac)
• Porting on other software architecture(Windows XP)
• Removing (may be) object-orientation stuffs and use only a notion of interface.
• Write a decent manual.
• Write a FAQ.
• Add some help builtin.
• Add some support for the "programing by example".
• Fix bugs