I certainly don't think I'm the person to do it, I just wish someone would. To me, an entirely new language unecumbered by the legacy of VistA would be much more interesting. I think I'm going to take another look at Perl 6 and see what I think of it.
--- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > During the time I was pushing (before the Boston meeting) to revive > the MDC, > what I learned from private email and telephone conversations and > what I > heard at the meeting in Boston made it clear that there are plenty of > people > who want to move it forward. It is just that they are understandably > afraid > of the process. > > Trying to reach some sort of concensus among a bunch of smart and > passionate > folks who don't agree about what should be done is tough, sometimes > bruising > and largely thankless. In some instances, there are clearly choices > that > have to be made and where there is no one best answer, and that is > just the > beginning. Then there is battling and spending the way through the > process of > getting the changes accepted as a standard. > > There were thoughts of trying to find another way to do it, at least > as an > initial step as folks stick their toes in the water. Then there is > also a > community of non-VistA M users that are out there, passionate and > waiting for > an opportunity to join the discussion. > > This is one of those places where an innovative use of the web might > be > helpful for getting this process rolling, and as I recall, Chris > Richardson > had some suggestions about that. Perhaps he will jump in and discuss > it. > > On Tuesday 23 August 2005 12:09 pm, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > >........................... and the truth is that > >......................... there is little interest in updating > > the language. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > Practices > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * > Testing & QA > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > -- > Nancy Anthracite > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing > & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > === Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Design quality doesn't ensure success, but design failure can ensure failure." --Kent Beck ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
