For what it's worth, when I wrote Skink I decided to accept
the 1.6 standard plus W: and w: and the Barfly decorations
(T for trill, H for fermata, etc) as my first pass, and then
add V: for the second release. Why? they seemed the most
useful to me, as a user with fairly "non-esoteric" needs.
wil
Bob Archer wrote:
> At 02:28 AM 17-10-00 +0100, Richard Robinson wrote:
>
> >Yes. I think we're both saying "six of one, half a dozen of the other",
> >really, and the old "be liberal in what you accept and strict in what you
> >output". And maybe that what's generated is more of a key to the situation
> >than what's accepted.
>
> I am obviously not getting my point aross correctly. I've always been
> slightly suspicious of the "be liberal in what you accept and strict in
> what you output" rule, particularly when what you're accepting is, in many
> cases, human generated. I agree that what is generated is the key, however
> in the case of human generated abc, what is generated will be directtly
> influenced by what the programs will accept, so being liberal in what you
> accept leads to lots of non-standard abc.
>
> At 10:50 AM 17-10-00 +0100, Laurie Griffiths wrote:
>
> >Right - programs should accept the widest choice but generate standard ABC.
> >BUT
> >Think about Barfly. It doesn't generate at all.
> >If it accepts mangled syntax then it encourages and legitimises such
> >mangling
> >If it refuses to, then it is "broken" - so it needs careful thought.
> >And any other "input only" ABC program (e.g. one that just converts to
> >tadpoles, or one that just plays) it has the same characteristic.
> >I don't know what the answer is.
>
> This is exactly my point, and why I asked the question about what superset
> of abc a new program writer would be advised to support. I notice that
> nobody has answered that yet.
>
> Bob
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