Re: alt-design merits (WAS: Nomination of Glen Mazza as committer)

2003-06-18 Thread Peter B. West
Victor, Trying to answer your latest questions on this topic has absorbed a deal of my time, exposed a contradiction in my thinking, and made me think through in more detail some of the fuzzy bits. I am still working on it, and I will get back to you. Thanks for the interrogation. Peter -- P

RE: alt-design merits (WAS: Nomination of Glen Mazza as committer)

2003-06-17 Thread Victor Mote
Peter B. West wrote: > They can. They must. But then what happens to the idea that the FO > tree can be processed and refined before the layout occurs? If you are The pieces that can be processed are. The pieces that cannot are deferred. > tree can be processed and refined before the layout o

alt-design merits

2003-06-17 Thread Peter B. West
Peter B. West wrote: If I have not answered your question, yell out. I am quite happy to keep on at this until you at least understand my thinking on this, even if you don't agree with it. But I will be keeping on with it tomorrow, as it is very late here. Peter -- Peter B. West http://www.pow

Re: alt-design merits (WAS: Nomination of Glen Mazza as committer)

2003-06-17 Thread Peter B. West
Victor Mote wrote: Peter B. West wrote: Which modules? I'm not sure what you mean. The modularity of area processing? The Rec gives an utterly spurious view of this. It has been misleading developers since the drafts were first published, and giving the impression that things can be neatly mo

alt-design merits (WAS: Nomination of Glen Mazza as committer)

2003-06-17 Thread Victor Mote
Peter B. West wrote: > Which modules? I'm not sure what you mean. The modularity of area > processing? The Rec gives an utterly spurious view of this. It has > been misleading developers since the drafts were first published, and > giving the impression that things can be neatly modularised.