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| Writing Documentation herron.philip@googlemail.com (Philip Herron) (2010-02-10) |
| Re: Writing Documentation jgd@cix.compulink.co.uk (2010-02-10) |
| Re: Writing Documentation herron.philip@googlemail.com (Philip Herron) (2010-02-16) |
| Re: Writing Documentation jgd@cix.compulink.co.uk (2010-02-16) |
| From: | jgd@cix.compulink.co.uk |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:34:07 -0600 |
| Organization: | Compilers Central |
| References: | 10-02-041 |
| Keywords: | documentation |
| Posted-Date: | 13 Feb 2010 11:27:57 EST |
philip@googlemail.com (Philip Herron) wrote:
> But I am finding it difficult in what way to document all of this in a
> thesis style paper, are there any styles or things to think about when
> writing formally about all of this? Should i just write as if its like
> a tutorial into everything about my language? Or is there formal ways
> of doing this?
"It depends ...."
Even in a thesis, it may well be appropriate to start with a brief
tutorial to introduce the basic concepts of the language. Then one needs
to describe each concept and each construct clearly, although probably
in rather less detail than a language standard would.
For examples, your best bet look at successful published books: the
tutorial in _The C programming Language_ by Kernigan & Ritchie is
noticeably good and has been imitated several times.
John
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