Subject: Re: SGML/XML syntax for DSSSL From: Paul Prescod <papresco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 00:48:45 -0400 |
James Clark wrote: > 2. An alternative infix syntax for the entire language; Dylan seems to me > the obvious starting point. Looking at Dylan's syntax for creating new objects I would guess that James has *already* been looking at it. =) This is Dylan code to make a new object: make(<actor>, name: "Betty", fans: 5000000); Dylan looks pretty good. http://legend.gwydion.cs.cmu.edu/dylan/interim/interim-18.html As Lee pointed out the Dylan "select" statement syntax is closer to Perl than the one I described today (but still quite elegant). The "let" syntax is similar to the one I used. > I don't see these alternatives as mutually exclusive. They're addressing > different audiences: (1) is addressing people who aren't programmers; (2) is > addressing people who are. I'm not (yet) saying I think these are both good > ideas, but I think they are both technically possible. I'm not yet saying that either. =) I am sensitive to Earl's worry about bifurcating languages once we hand control over to the W3C. A big question in my mind is if we hand Netscape and Microsoft the existing DSSSL syntax will they implement it? Netscape in particular has shown an incredible level of stupidity in the past. A java-like syntax would serve as some sugar-coating (please pardon the pun). James may be in a better position to investigate whether regular DSSSL will "fly" with the W3C and vendors. If not, I would rather real DSSSL competed with some kind of Dylan-DSSSL than with "Javascript stylesheets" which are based on totally different concepts and models. Even if ylan-DSSSL gets bastardized in some future version we are further ahead than competing with "Javascript." Paul Prescod DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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