[stringtemplate-interest] another tweak

[Terence Parr]

Better yet, I'm going to make it a group effort on the wiki! :)
Thanks for the great idea and support, Zenaan!

Drop dead deadline for book is Aug 10. then i take 2 weeks "off". then  
i code for 12 months!!!!!!!!!! hooray :)

Ter
On Jul 13, 2009, at 4:14 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 12:05:40PM -0700, Terence Parr wrote:
>> On Jul 11, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>>>> Yeah, it's too bad I'm rebuilding ST starting in a month or two
>>>> without a
>>>> book concurrently ;)
>>>
>>> <cough>StringTemplate Specification<cough>
>>>
>>> <advocate>The small YAML community (perhaps not so small any more)  
>>> is a
>>> great example of production of a specification, and the benefits
>>> thereof. <append 'repetition of previous links etc'/></>
>>
>> ha! I knew you were going to say that! ;)  Yes, it makes sense to  
>> come
>> up with a spec as I write the software. Perhaps I can look at it as
>> spec-driven development? :)
>
> <hearty approval>
>
> And the beauty of this situation: we already have a current,
> comprehensive implementation, with a goodly (though incomplete) number
> of test cases :)
>
> It really would be remiss of us to not take this opportunity (v3  
> rewrite)
> to write an ST Specification. This is a duty of care incumbent upon  
> us,
> to each of the following groups:
>   -  the ST using community
>   -  ST test case authors
>   -  ST implementers (eg C#, Python implementations etc)
>   -  academics studying languages
>   -  ST improvement attempts
>
> A specification is simply a great foundation for all such activities.
>
> AND we have fine examples abounding, to draw much from, such as JSON,
> YAML, XML, RFCs, etc.
>
> Please post link to outline, for review. I trust I can be of at  
> least a
> small modicum of review assistance.
>
> Thanks heaps
> Zen
>
> PS There's much keen interest now, and overly activated salivory  
> glands!
>
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