From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/81319 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Taco Hoekwater Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: upto current Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:07 +0100 Message-ID: <514C6B67.2060601@docwolves.nl> References: <5148AB62.50002@wxs.nl> <2F2ABC1E-124E-424D-94B4-E3CBF448E88A@web.de> <20130320092558.1d0f33cd@aga-netbook> <3C82073C-9A1E-4DE2-AFB5-BDE3C0550994@web.de> <20130321113201.365016f8@iram-hb-003386.extra.cea.fr> <20130321152603.13688b88@aga-netbook> <710C7AA9-2A41-4793-841A-CC0757540CDC@web.de> <514C685A.1000609@meahan.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1363962741 18004 80.91.229.3 (22 Mar 2013 14:32:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:32:21 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Mar 22 15:32:48 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UJ31S-0004Zt-40 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B21EE101F0; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:22 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 0lqyiWCl3DMY; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1D0101E5; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:17 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80D84101E5 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:16 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id r+6koi+LEHDr for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38654101E3 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:15 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from server5.aanhet.net (server5.aanhet.net [195.12.62.5]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id r2MEWCE4028148 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (server5.aanhet.net [127.0.0.1]) by server5.aanhet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A0B9200140A for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:08 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at server5.aanhet.net Original-Received: from server5.aanhet.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server5.aanhet.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with LMTP id 7w3mOQ+UvLv8 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [192.168.0.103] (217-102-248-59.zeelandnet.nl [217.102.248.59]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by server5.aanhet.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF499200053E for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:32:07 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130308 Thunderbird/17.0.4 In-Reply-To: <514C685A.1000609@meahan.net> X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0003 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=195.12.62.5; country=NL; latitude=52.5000; longitude=5.7500; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.5000,5.7500&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 03JeCwceH - fe27e906a0a2 - 20130322 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:81319 Archived-At: Hi Bill, On 03/22/2013 03:19 PM, Bill Meahan wrote: >> >> What we would need is a specification for: >> [snip] > In 45+ years of programming[1] it has never ceased to amaze me how the > wheel has to be reinvented for every new system whether language, macro > package or whatever. Why do it again? Why not adopt some documentation > system that is already widely-used and for which infrastructure and > knowledge of use is already in place? I do not want to dig into the documentation discussion (I have no time for that), but your reply did make me want to respond to the analogy. In fact, I have a return question for the "Why reinvent the wheel?" : Why do bicycles not come equipped with tractor wheels? Best wishes, Taco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________