Hi Bill,
On 03/22/2013 03:19 PM, Bill Meahan wrote:
What we would need is a specification for:
[snip]
In 45+ years of programming[1] it has never ceased to amaze me how the
wheel has to be reinvented for every new system whether language, macro
package or whatever. Why do it again? Why not adopt some documentation
system that is already widely-used and for which infrastructure and
knowledge of use is already in place?
I do not want to dig into the documentation discussion (I have no time
for that), but your reply did make me want to respond to the analogy.
In fact, I have a return question for the "Why reinvent the wheel?" :
Why do bicycles not come equipped with tractor wheels?
Best wishes,
Taco
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