Subject: Re: 2.6 patterns: let's try variations on the XML syntax From: Andy Dent <dent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 10:57:00 +0800 |
At 6:14 AM +0800 27/8/98, Dave Peterson wrote: >Have you ever run into a serious program-writing interface that shielded >the programmer from the syntax of the language? As both a framework designer and UI designer I took a Human Factors approach to designing the OOFILE database language API. We refined the syntax with a lot of mailing-list discussion, and were ruthless about throwing out syntax that could lead to misunderstandings due to ambiguities or existing assumptions. The process worked. It requires a degree of openness and cooperation that is not always possible on commercial products, but as a philosophy seems possible on xsl-list and related lists. Remember that the number of people who will suffer from awkwardness in the API dwarfs the number of current users (MFC being an extreme example of this issue). Andy Dent, Software Designer, A.D. Software, Western Australia OOFILE - Database, Reports, Graphs, GUI for c++ on Mac, Unix & Windows PP2MFC - PowerPlant->MFC portability http://www.highway1.com.au/adsoftware/crossplatform.html XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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