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> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 14:07:06 -0400 > From: Jonathan Robie <jwrobie@m...> > Cc: xml-dev@i... > > At 01:29 PM 6/24/97 -0400, Peter Newcomb wrote: > >> [Jonathan Robie] > >> > >> Hmmm. IDL == Language independent spec of an API....might this be > >> better approached as an XML application? I.e. a DTD for the XML API > >> spec. A doc conforming to that spec. that can be down-translated to > >> Java, C++, Python and (gasp) IDL! > > For the record, I didn't say that. Sean McGrath did, quoting my earlier > message, which went like this: Sorry about that... I receive CTS as email and had already deleted your post before I read Sean's post and was moved to write mine. I got confused by the quoting. > >Is there really an advantage to defining it in IDL first? The IDL could be > >created after the specification is finished in Java, and the Java-based > >specification is probably easier to create, understand, and test. I *like* > >making things language independent, but at this stage, I'm leery of adding > >complexity that doesn't add any new conceptual power. > > So not only am I in agreement with the rest of your message, your message > actually agrees with what I said earlier! Yes... I had read your post, and meant mine as a second to yours. -peter -- Peter Newcomb TechnoTeacher, Inc. 233 Spruce Avenue P.O. Box 23795 Rochester, NY 14611-4041 USA Rochester, New York 14692-3795 USA +1 716 529 4303 (home) +1 716 464 8696 (direct) +1 716 755 8698 (cell) +1 716 271 0796 (main) +1 716 529 4304 (fax) +1 716 271 0129 (fax) peter@p... peter@t... http://www.petes-house.rochester.ny.us http://www.techno.com xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@i...)
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