Domain-specific languages vs. library of functions

Question

This may be subjective, I don\'t know: I have this problem, which I\'m kind of equating to the \"what language for this project?\" question, since I can\'t seem to solve it.

Answer 1

You can use a DSL to decouple a set of related operations from the calling language.

If you want to shield your users from the complexity of the general-purpose language (or restrict their access to that language because they could abuse it), design a DSL.

But if you want the operations to be used in a manner integrated with the calling language, then use a library of functions (or other operators).