Stephen Reed wrote:
Hi Richard,
Frankly, looking at recent posts, I think this list is already dead.
Dear Richard, be patient, or post more about your own results. I have, right
or wrong, somewhat modest expectations for the posts on this list (-aside from
my favorite authors :-) ). I, like perhaps some other developers, am hard at
work solving the numerous mundane, tedious, obscure problems that bedevil our
designs, and do not have the time to respond to every provocative post. When I
am fortunate enough to report progress - I do so.
I've spent a couple of weeks revisiting an issue I thought solved (i.e.
incremental fluid construction grammar syntax), in the hope of dramatically
collapsing the number of required grammar rules by allowing optional
sub-constituents. This feature simplifies the task of the grammar author but
makes my otherwise simple Java parsing/generation code harder to test and to
understand.
I'll have more to say in an upcoming blog post - both in regard to the issue at
hand and some observations on my own cognitive activities during this process.
To re-capitulate, this list is not dead - some of its historical posters are
very busy.
Cheers and warm regards,
Good to hear. I, likewise, am busy.
I have a slightly different perspective because of my strong feeling
that there are urgent issues not being addressed, and old mistakes being
repeated. But I am sure that that will come to the fore eventually, if
I manage to get enough work done.
Richard Loosemore
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