- From: <rdm@docreate.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 13:31:38 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-amaya@w3.org
- Cc: Paul.Cheyrou-Lagreze@inrialpes.fr
Might abstraction resolve the issue of cross-coding? To enable this, a data set of 'code equivalents' could be set up and made available at W3C, to be developed over time. Such a data set would allow highly efficient language translation, even if not immediately allowing the most efficient coding in specific languages. It could enable cross-platform programming and cross-platform software integration to occur very much more easily and faster than otherwise possible. This might, for example, be possible using Amaya plus a mailing list or plus web forms. For efficiency, forms might be best, with submissions being written to an online (inbound) database, to be checked by staff who would, at their discretion, update the translation set (outbound) server database. Abuse of web forms could be checked with a username and password, so that abusers of the system could be blocked. While abstraction may be a demanding and large task, I would try it myself with either computer code or human language translation if the money and the servers were available. At various stages in an open development process it might become evident that the outcomes benefit many more than only those whose efforts it absorbs. For further information on the idea, please see attached, or http://w3.docreate.net/ (to be made available for as long as possible). All feedback is greatly appreciated. A note on the version of Amaya (OpenGL) that I downloaded recently - it seems to use a lot of processing power (my CPU is 400MHz Pentium II Processor Intel MMX, 64MB RAM, running Win98). I checked because the OpenGL version seemed slower than predecessors. Cursor positioning appears different (ahead of) the area it is editing sometimes. Also, when at full zoom at the end of a document, when zooming out the vertical size of the page area does not adjust to keep the text in view. Thus, the page shrinks and disappears upwards out of view. Regards and Thanks, Rob Moore
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