Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!enother.net!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: specifying semantics, was Formatting of Language LRMs Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 21:44:46 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 34 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <14-07-007@comp.compilers> References: <14-06-010@comp.compilers> <14-06-023@comp.compilers> <14-06-025@comp.compilers> <14-06-027@comp.compilers> <14-06-030@comp.compilers> <14-06-031@comp.compilers> <14-06-035@comp.compilers> <14-07-001@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: miucha.iecc.com 1404449916 82068 2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970 (4 Jul 2014 04:58:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 04:58:36 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: history Posted-Date: 04 Jul 2014 00:58:36 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com X-Received-Bytes: 2406 X-Received-Body-CRC: 1428353380 Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:1297 On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:53:21 -0700, Ivan Godard wrote: >On 6/30/2014 6:09 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >> On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:49:00 -0700, Ivan Godard >> wrote: >> >> [snip] >> >>> BTW, I'm talking about the VWG in the *Revised* Report, which different >>> somewhat from that in the original report before the Great Schism. >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> What was this, please? Thank you. >These events, known as the Great Schism, occurred slightly before I >arrived. I attended a few meetings of both WG2.1 and WG2.3 and found >the character of the two groups very different: WG2.1 had a youthful >enthusiastic, and creative feel to it, while WG2.3 seemed to be >sourpuss, political, and puffed-up: an air of offense that someone >should enter the rarefied academe without proper obeisance. That was Interesting. I always got a similar feeling about Wirth's languages. Context is everything folks. Just try searching for the Great Schism when you do not know what it is. There has been more than one. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchekno