From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2002-02-11T00:43:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Embedded Documentation

David Alan Black wrote:


> True, but the standard here is really XML, which is nice because it
> allows for (relatively) easy creation of new applications.  Not that
> I'm opposed to reusing applications (e.g., DocBook)... as long as it's
> really a perfect fit.


Sure. I listed Docbook as an example for which conversion tools exist; I 
didn't say it's a perfect fit.


> You could write one XSLT stylesheet that converted the documents into
> DocBook, and proceed from there.


Depending on the size of the vocabulary, this XSLT could be too large; I 
simply wouldn't bother writing it.

So I'd like either a tiny RDoc documenting ML, or an existing lang of 
any size, as long as conversion tools exist.

Tobi



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