Mark Steinberger wrote --
> It's important to be able to write in a language that
>
> 1. has macros
>
I am probably misunderstanding horribly but it seems that this is the major
thing you want. Standard TeX notation may or may not be an excellent
language for this purpose but I am sure that using LaTeX simply to do
the macro expansion is not a good idea.
> 2. conveys the semantic information needed for the target language.
After expansion of the macros, I assume?
>
> Latex itself falls short of 2, but comes closer than anything else I
> know. Do you know a better alternative?
What typically is the "target labgauge"; and what might it be in the future?
chris