Dave Thomas is a reasonable guy, what is his take on this? On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Terence Parr <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Aug 28, 2009, at 5:59 PM, C. Mundi wrote: > > > > > Terence, > > > > After reading the entire manuscript, the original, "Language Design > > Patterns," seems more appropriate than ever. Many sections feel > > like Language (Design Patterns) and others feel like (Language > > Design) Patterns. So I say you can claim the associative ambiguity > > as a "feature." :) > > ha! lol. well, i do talk *some* about design, but it's more side > comments, right? > > > Instead, let me open another box o' monkeys (which will be in the > > notes I'm sending to your publisher). Domain specificity is a > > characteristic of a language, and not necessarily of the tools used > > to implement the language. I'm sure the publisher wants DSL in the > > title, in part because DSLs are Sexy and Hot Right Now. (And I > > would agree that's a good enough reason; I admire effective > > marketing.) But as I read the manuscript, I came away realizing > > that -- apart from the choice of DSL-oriented examples -- the actual > > patterns are for the most part broadly applicable beyond DSLs. You > > might convince me otherwise; you are the expert here. I think your > > book is not limited to DSLs, although that may be a good way to > > position it at Amazon. > > > > It's definitely more general; at this point DSL keyword is marketing. > I also do many little languages as examples. Last chapter even > discusses a RNA sequence matcher :) > > Ter > > List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest > Unsubscribe: > http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "il-antlr-interest" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/il-antlr-interest?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
