From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2003-10-01T21:15:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Article on ARTIMA

On Wednesday,  1 October 2003 at 13:03:13 +0900, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: Article on ARTIMA"
>     on 03/10/01, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> writes:
> 
> |Matz? What would you think of a formal spec as long as 1) the content
> |was OK'd by you and 2) you didn't have to write it?
> 
> Definitely it's good to have, unless it slows down the language
> evolution.
> 
> 							matz.
 
A formal spec is be good for the rest of us, and eventually
it will speed development because more people will have
access to understanding the internals of the language.

But, a formal spec will slow progress down initially (however,
it may also clear up muddy thinking). And it will need
to be under constant revision (albeit hopefully minor).

-- 
Jim Freeze
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