Re: [RIF] Current list of requirements and design principles for RIF from Francois Bry on 2006-05-26 (public-rif-wg@w3.org from May 2006)

From: Francois Bry <bry@ifi.lmu.de>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:18:46 +0200
To: public-rif-wg@w3.org
Message-ID: <4476F226.1030100@ifi.lmu.de>

Dear All,

Stan Devitt wrote:
> Actually, I see the role of the abstract syntax as more conceptual,
> identifying the key language structures and their relationship to each
> other, rather than just providing an in-memory presentations for compilers.
>   

I have nop objections with specifying a "more conceptual" synatx. But,
p[lease, please, do not call it "abstract syntax" because the expression
has been in use since decades for something else. (I am aware that in
W3C cicle "abstract syntax" is unsed in an non-standard manner.)

Francois

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