Because using XML to generate C code is such a wonderful idea!
I propose we rewrite dwm and wmii in pure xml and then use XSLT to
generate C code that we can compile. That is what people call progress
in the software industry!
Erik Naggum[1] would be proud!
uriel
[1] http://harmful.cat-v.org/
Right, and along those lines, I'll refuse to use Linux because Linus
uses emacs and git while I prefer vim and hg...
Why not just appreciate that there's a somewhat high-level
specification that's possibly machine verifiable, rather than having
to rely on an English spec? Domain-specific l
DSLs are great, but that is no excuse to build systems so insanely
broken and complex that you need to generate all of the code to
implement a protocol because it is too insanely complex to be done
properly.
The whole thing stinks way too much of CORBA/SOAP...
uriel
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:25
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oFxhqYn-g0
Xcb is the "new" version of xlib around the 6th minute
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DSLs are great, but that is no excuse to build sy
