Re: Scheme Programming Reference

[Matthias Clasen <clasen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Brandon and Sebastion are both right--we need more (any?) good material
> on DSSSL, both definitive and elegant (like the "Handbook"), as well as
> easy and pretty.  We were fortunate that the chief architect of SGML was
> also quite literate.  I don't even know if there was a "chief architect"
> of DSSSL, let alone what his or her literary inclinations are.  Maybe
> someone can eventually stitch together the pieces of the DSSSL
> Documentation project together to make a creditable book.  Better yet,
> is there any chance someone can collect information from members of the
> ISO working group that created DSSSL?  This, together with minutes and
> records of the working group, would provide some fascinating background.
> 

Now this would be really good. I have often thought that the terse
language of the standard would make more sense if one could have some
more information about its genesis.



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