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Re: preliminary GLISS discussions
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David Kastrup |
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Re: preliminary GLISS discussions |
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Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:46:16 +0200 |
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Graham Percival <address@hidden> writes:
> The basic question is "is it too late to change anything, and can
> we mitigate that pain?". I think it's not too late, particularly
> if the change can be done automatically, and particularly if we
> promise support for the new syntax. Alternatively, if it really
> _is_ too late to change anything, then let's declare that to be
> policy and make a promise not to change things.
Change things from _what_? The last state as defined in the manual?
The last state as haphazard as it happens to be?
There is no point in making a promise "not to change things" if we don't
have a reliable definition of what "things" even is.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, (continued)
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2012/08/30
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, Graham Percival, 2012/08/30
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2012/08/31
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2012/08/31
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2012/08/31
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2012/08/31
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, David Kastrup, 2012/08/31
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2012/08/31
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, Graham Percival, 2012/08/31
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, David Kastrup, 2012/08/31
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, David Kastrup, 2012/08/30
- Re: preliminary GLISS discussions, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2012/08/31