Re: [Haskell-cafe] Language Workbenches - the Haskell solution?

2005-09-13 Thread Yitzchak Gale
Correction - I wrote: > If you want a GUI for configuration, you could, > for example, write a fairly simple transformation > of the master XML into a .NET dialog, or glade > file for GTK, or whatever. We never did that, > though. Actually, Yael Weinbach wrote a beautiful GUI for this configurati

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Language Workbenches - the Haskell solution?

2005-09-12 Thread Yitzchak Gale
Ralf Lammel wrote: >> XML... I wonder whether they discuss it... yoann padioleau wrote: > Yes, fowler mentionned XML: "XML has its uses, > but isn't exactly easy to read..." I dont think > XML is a good idea for files that are > managed/edited by humans. It can be very human readable if set up

RE: [Haskell-cafe] Language Workbenches - the Haskell solution?

2005-09-12 Thread Ralf Lammel
Yoann,     Thanks for your comments.   Yoann wrote: I don’t think XML is a good idea for files that are managed/edited by humans. I think the users prefer simpler files with a custom syntax, and the user is the king.   I don’t mind, but when you say “user” do you mean “application c

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Language Workbenches - the Haskell solution?

2005-09-12 Thread yoann padioleau
On 12 sept. 05, at 00:50, Ralf Lammel wrote:- XML wasn't mentioned in your message. I wonder whether they discuss itin the actual thread. (Yes, you might be saying XML is not the sameYes, fowler mentionned XML: "XML has its uses, but isn't exactly easy to read. We could make it easier to see what's

RE: [Haskell-cafe] Language Workbenches - the Haskell solution?

2005-09-11 Thread Ralf Lammel
Hi Yoel, This looks like fun. Just some general comments: - One should try to *also* provide a simple solution. Here I would pick a solution that doesn't need a lot of explanation (of Haskell and the solution) and a lot of defense to score with it. - As a second step, one should identify a swee

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Language Workbenches - the Haskell solution?

2005-09-11 Thread Cale Gibbard
On 08/09/05, Yoel Jacobsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems that Martin Fowler's article "Language Workbenches: The > killer-App for Domain Specific Languages?" - > http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/languageWorkbench.html - has > generated some nice dynamic solution where a configuration fi

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Language Workbenches - the Haskell solution?

2005-09-11 Thread David Menendez
Yoel Jacobsen writes: > It seems that Martin Fowler's article "Language Workbenches: The > killer-App for Domain Specific Languages?" - > http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/languageWorkbench.html - has > generated some nice dynamic solution where a configuration file is > written in the same