Re: Forking stables. was Re: language translator help

[Neil Jerram]

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Beggy <address@hidden> writes:

    Chris> Guy Steele, a computer programming language designer,
    Chris> delivered a talk titled "Growing a Language."  It's
    Chris> available here:

Guy Steele???  Who he?

    Chris>   http://www.research.avayalabs.com/user/wadler/steele-oopsla98.pdf 

    Chris> See what he has to say about:

    Chris>   1. language versioning 
    Chris>   2. compatibility between versions
    Chris>   3. interface stability

Er... not a lot.  It's a great article, but I noticed nothing in
particular on these subjects.  Rather, it's all about designing a
language so that the community can help grow it, and in particular
about why he thinks that Java needs overloaded operators.

(Oh, perhaps that was your point ...?)

        Neil