[exprla-devel] Re: [xpl] FAQs for comment

[reid_spencer <ras...@re...>]

--- In xpl-dev@y..., "Michael Lauzon" <ce940@f...> wrote:
Yes, this is a great start I'll try and think of some questions for 
the FAQ and post them to the list if I have time, but they may 
already be thought of!  :)  I am trying to get our group a free 
homepage on Linux Start, though if we eventually want our own
website, 
we do have a problem: xpl.com, xpl.org (I do tend to lean more
towards 
this one!), xpl.net, expel.com, expel.org, expel.net; they all happen 
to be taken, yet...they have no websites assciated with them.  Anyone 
have any suggestions about what we can do?



--- In xpl@e..., Ciaran Weldon <cmweldon@y...> wrote:
> Fine by me........
> 
> --- Jonathan Burns <saski@w...> wrote:
> > What is XPL?
> > 
> > XPL is a programming language whose source code
> > consists
> > of XML documents.
> > 
> > Another way of saying this is:
> > 
> > XPL is a markup language for algorithms.
> > 
> > The specification of XPL is the task of the
> > members of
> > the XPL: eXtensible Programming Language
> > mailing list.
> > 
> > 
> > Why do we need XPL?
> > 
> > Platform-independent programmability for Web
> > content.
> > 
> > 
> > Why do we need XPL, when we already have
> > platform-
> > independent languages such as Java, JavaScript,
> > Perl,
> > Tk/Tcl, and so on?
> > 
> > We expect that XPL will be simpler, and easier
> > to extend,
> > than the cross-platform languages in use at
> > present.
> > 
> > In some cases, there will be little difference
> > between XPL
> > and the others, in terms of simplicity and
> > extensibility.
> > 
> > However, these are the pioneering days of
> > world-wide
> > distributed interactive information processing.
> > In the
> > near future, every one of the solutions above
> > will be
> > tested to its limits. There will be a need for
> > any
> > software tool which provides more extensibility
> > with
> > less complexity.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Jo que, companeros. I have several other
> > questions to
> > work on, but my sense is that if we get these
> > two down
> > solid, peoples' ears will prick up when they
> > hit the
> > homepage.
> > 
> > If you think there's a better answer, or a
> > better way
> > of stating things, post it in at once.
> > 
> > Jonathan
> > 
> > It's self-XPLanetary!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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