Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language

On 10 déc, 00:33, paul c <toledobythe..._at_oohay.ac> wrote:
> paul c wrote:
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> > To me, starting this way is much more fruitful ...
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> Ie., I think a lot of language designers make the mistake of defining
> the elements after the grammar has been started, just popping them in
> along the way as various new thoughts occur.  Some people might mistake
> this for the feature creep that happens in so many big projects, though
> I think of it as tail chasing, both phenomena result in a mess that is
> costly to deal with for the rest of its life.
Thank you for this sound advice. This is the primary reason I am dropping by : to get a fresh set of eyes to see where I may go wrong. Received on Wed Dec 10 2008 - 01:44:49 CET