On 12/7/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Adam> Having a large and detailed language specification, although an > Adam> admirable ideal, is a waste of time when the target audience is > Adam> perhaps a few dozen people. > > Just because that audience is small doesn't mean they are unimportant. > There are currently four actively maintained/developed implementations of > Python. A common language reference manual is important for them, and > indirectly for the people who use the four implementations.
What I meant is that a small audience is not going to draw enough attention to get the effort it requires. I agree absolutely that the material it contains is important. That's why I feel it should be merged with the other documents, to ensure that it really does get maintained. -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
