[sc34wg3] TMQL Chapter 4, Sections 1 + 2

[Patrick Durusau]

Lars,

Just quickly as I dash out the door for another round with the American 
medical establishment. ;-)

Lars Heuer wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> [...]
>   
>>> I am not sure if it makes sense to discuss the current draft in detail
>>> since there seems to be attempts to change TMQL "Here, There and
>>> Everywhere".
>>>       
> [...]
>   
>> Well, I don't know of any other draft to discuss other than the one before
>> WG 3. At least that would focus the discussion on what is known, even if
>> parts of it are unwanted. ;-)
>>     
>
> :) There is no other draft, of course, but the community (that
> includes me to some extend), seems to be unhappy with TMQL. I think
> TMQL is consistent (with a few bugs) but I like to change some things
> and I think TMQL would gain a higher acceptance in the community if
> some things change and some things are dropped. I am not talking about
> a new language here, I just think that TMQL needs some further work
> and I hope the community (and committee) follows the "fixing issues"
> path.
>
>   
No disagreement at all. Higher acceptance is always a good thing. I 
happen to think discussing a nearly finished draft in terms of what 
should stay and what should go will be more productive in terms of 
reaching a final draft sooner rather than later.

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick

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Patrick Durusau
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