Re: How core is Core?

"Paul Vincent" <pvincent@tibco.com> wrote:
> 
> +1 to the question, but my perspective is different...
> 
> It seems to me that:
> 
> - Defining a particular rule dialect (Horn) as special and "core" to all
> other rule types is a fundamentally unproven and "unuseful" assumption.
> "Core" should be the common constructs (syntax) that can be re-used by
> the most common dialects and "help facilitate" interchange. *1
> ... ...


I agree. Early on, around last December, I came out against the idea that
all systems must "implement" the core. It is simply unworkable and the
usefulness of this requirement is speculative. In my view, the core should
include the common syntactic and semantic constructs from which further
dialects will be  built.


	--michael

Received on Friday, 29 June 2007 10:45:29 UTC