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Default Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language - 12-09-2008 , 05:17 PM






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were up to me I would avoid explicit assignment entirely). I say
fruitful because the resulting formal spec' is so small, just a couple
of pages, that one can easily memorize it. ...
I once got into big trouble after being told to assess a 156 page
specification, for asking which page the specification was on!


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Default Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language - 12-09-2008 , 05:17 PM






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were up to me I would avoid explicit assignment entirely). I say
fruitful because the resulting formal spec' is so small, just a couple
of pages, that one can easily memorize it. ...
I once got into big trouble after being told to assess a 156 page
specification, for asking which page the specification was on!


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Default Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language - 12-09-2008 , 05:17 PM



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were up to me I would avoid explicit assignment entirely). I say
fruitful because the resulting formal spec' is so small, just a couple
of pages, that one can easily memorize it. ...
I once got into big trouble after being told to assess a 156 page
specification, for asking which page the specification was on!


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Default Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language - 12-09-2008 , 05:17 PM



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were up to me I would avoid explicit assignment entirely). I say
fruitful because the resulting formal spec' is so small, just a couple
of pages, that one can easily memorize it. ...
I once got into big trouble after being told to assess a 156 page
specification, for asking which page the specification was on!


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Default Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language - 12-09-2008 , 05:17 PM



paul c wrote:
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were up to me I would avoid explicit assignment entirely). I say
fruitful because the resulting formal spec' is so small, just a couple
of pages, that one can easily memorize it. ...
I once got into big trouble after being told to assess a 156 page
specification, for asking which page the specification was on!


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Default Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language - 12-09-2008 , 05:17 PM



paul c wrote:
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were up to me I would avoid explicit assignment entirely). I say
fruitful because the resulting formal spec' is so small, just a couple
of pages, that one can easily memorize it. ...
I once got into big trouble after being told to assess a 156 page
specification, for asking which page the specification was on!


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Default Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language - 12-09-2008 , 05:33 PM



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To me, starting this way is much more fruitful ...
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.


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Default Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language - 12-09-2008 , 05:33 PM



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To me, starting this way is much more fruitful ...
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.


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Default Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language - 12-09-2008 , 05:33 PM



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To me, starting this way is much more fruitful ...
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.


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Default Re: Onto a potential relational manipulation language - 12-09-2008 , 05:33 PM



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To me, starting this way is much more fruitful ...
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.


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