On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Richard Robinson wrote:
> > >Another approach is to ignore all existing implementations and create an
> > >altogether new syntax.
> >
> > No, please no ! ! ! ! !
>
> Well ... maybe this might be worth someone's while ? Being an altogether
> new syntax, it wouldn't be ABC; but we could migrate to it, if it works
> better ;-)
>
> But, it would be a separate, different, project.
ha - caught you red-handed! ;-) Blasphemy! Another project...?
Let me tell you the dark side of my ABC point of view: ABC is _very_ nice,
but is _way_ too limited. It was designed with too little goals in mind. As
a real-world musician, I want to tweak current ABC so that it can do my
choral scores reasonably well. As a computer guy, I already have a new
syntax ready that just waits to be put down on paper...
I let you guess the reasons why I didn't put it down on paper. But if you're
interested, wave your hand at me.
Later,
Guido =8-)
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