[exprla-devel] "Modular Messageing Dep't."

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

--- In xpl-dev@y..., Robert A Hopkins <p061949c@p...> wrote:
"Very Small Nutshell Dep't.":

Will the incredible verbosity of xml, and therefore xpl, have any 
bearing 
on the speed at which an xpl program runs? (I think I can answer this 
one 
myself (as it relates to compilation) but it might make a good 
question 
for the FAQ.)

"Compilation Revisited Dep't.":

I find it curious that compilation seems to be a one-way process, 
that 
once a program is compiled it is not a trivial task to translate it 
back 
into its original language. Is it impossible? Or almost so? Does xpl 
hold 
out the promise of a simpler back-and-forth translation? 

"Wish List Dep't":

I think a wish list for the web site would do us some good. That is a 
list of ideas, wild or tame, that anyone thinks a good programming 
language ought to have, posted on the Wish List. If we look at it 
from 
time to time for ideas, that might lead to something good, perhaps 
only 
good discussion. Also, it would be good for us to take a look at the 
vast 
spread of different conceptions we all have of the task we have 
chosen to 
undertake. (This ties in nicely with Michael's question "What will 
XPL 
acomplish?") (I have no idea what xpl will accomplish.) 

Yo, you Silent-Majority-List-Slackers, sprechen Sie up!

"Idea Dep't.":

Sequence! What is the sequence in which a program executes 
statements? 
Can we use the curious structure of an xml document to play lovely 
games 
with sequence? An xml document has 3 structures:

	Beginning to end
	Root element to leaves
	Interconnected web

What is the sequence in which a program executes statements? Can we 
switch sequence on the fly? Can we build in some sort of 
multi-sequencing? (One task executing in the sequence of one 
structure, 
another in a different sequence?)

"Web Site Name Dep't.":

How about "xpl-xplicit.org"? (Xml is quite explicit, quite clear.)

     ********************************************* 	
     *****   x p l - x p l i c i t . o r g   *****
     *********************************************

It has a sort of p'zazz to it. Ain't nuttin' gonna fly witout a li'l 
p'zazz.


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