[HWX] Some remarks already

[Jouke V. <jo...@pv...>]

Hello,

I downloaded the current alpha release today on my linux box and haven't 
bothered yet to try to install it there, since you advertise it as a 
Win32 thing. I'll try it at home on my WinXP box asap. However, I have 
some remarks/questions already:

1. Why is the project called HWX? the Wx part is clear...why the 'H'?
2. Where is the documentation? There is *no* code documentation in the 
HWX and GML modules at all. How are new developers supposed to 
understand what it does?
3. Is there a specification of GML? I've seen some quick examples in 
your postings, but there must be more.
4. You refer to HPL. Maybe that is where the 'H' comes from, but I don't 
have the slightest idea what it is...can you enlighten me?
5. I personally feel that it's unwise to distribute a modified version 
of Perl. Why -except from the reason you mentioned to be able to use the 
dotref- would anyone want to use this Perl version?
This would imply (I think) that anyone who wants to use any part of the 
HWX IDE should download HWXperl, and throw away their existing perl 
installation. A lot of people like their distribution as it is, and 
won't bother using HWX's modified Perl.

I think it would be wiser to enable anyone to use the different parts of 
HWX's IDE *without* forcing them to use another Perl and let them decide 
for themselves if they want to use the new interpreter.

I know I'm critisizing, but I don't mean to offend you. Maybe if the 
reasons are clear to me I agree with the way it is now, but as I see it 
now, it doesn't seem logical.

Cheers!

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