Re: Languages: The Bigger the Uglier

Steve_Kilbane@cegelecproj.co.uk (Steve_Kilbane)
23 Feb 1996 18:18:48 -0500

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From: Steve_Kilbane@cegelecproj.co.uk (Steve_Kilbane)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 23 Feb 1996 18:18:48 -0500
Organization: DSDIC Team, Cegelec Projects Ltd.
References: 96-01-037 96-02-226 96-02-237 96-02-270
Keywords: standards

I seem to recall Dr. Les Hatton of Programming Research Ltd. offering
one useful metric for the quality of language specifications: the
number of requests for clarification the committee receives
afterwards. Admittedly, this doesn't help the languages already
published, but it provides a scale for showing what worked best in the
past.


steve
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