I think your examples are very useful, and I completely agree that a concrete set needs to be put forward. Presumably Ping and Dave put out examples of their syntax that they thought were good given the constraints imposed on them (by the web or their technology). If they have a better syntax, why not put that forward? As you said, everything is mallaeable to some degree. However, the vast majority of users (> 99%?) will never change the base/standard. This is why it is so important to get a good base language, and why I think that the comparisions you are doing are useful. The most malleable of technologies will wither and die if the default face it puts forward is poor. NeilReceived on Thursday, 15 August 1996 11:44:47 UTC
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