Mike Whitaker said - >On Tuesday 16 April 2002 02:04 am, John Chambers wrote: >> And we don't >> need to wait for an official published standard to fix it; the syntax >> is obvious and easy to implement. > >Not wishing to 'have a go', as it were. But isn't this WHY ABC has so many >different variations, none of which can read all of each others files?
Yes, indeed! If abc is to be used as a means of exchanging tunes it works better if we all agree on what the letters, numbers, dots and squiggles mean and that this information is held in some central, accessible place. If "standard" sounds too authoritarian for you, call it something else. I've suggested "protocol". Bryan Creer To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
