Re: status of the BLD/FLD draft

> 2. General syntax and semantics of builtins (as opposed to the particulars
>    of each builtin). I have not incorporated it into the document yet.
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>    This is probably not on a critical path to a publication of the next
>    draft. The DTB doc, which goes with this, is not yet ready anyway.

I think it would be good to at least have the syntax and semantics of 
built-ins.  Otherwise, it might seem like not much has happened in the 
BLD language since the last working draft.

> 4. XML.
> 
>    People were unhappy with the degree of formality with which XML was
>    specified.  There is also no XML for FLD.
> 
>    The second issue is not a show-stopper for the publication, but the
>    first depends on how violently people object.

I would not violently object at this point, but I have the feeling that 
we will need a couple of iterations before we get the XML specification 
right.


Best, Jos

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