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Re: [ddlm-group] Eliding in triple-quoted strings: Proposals C andD. .. .. .
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- From: "Herbert J. Bernstein" <yaya@bernstein-plus-sons.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 18:07:40 -0500 (EST)
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Dear Colleagues, Ralf's proposal is what it is. Before we go haring off in other directions, we should respond constructively to what he has proposed. I support it. Ralf and John W. support it. John B. and James H. oppose it. I think they are mistaken because ... It is well and good to adopt a "Real Programmers Don't Each Quiche" let's-start-from-scratch-and-roll-our-own approach when you have the resources to accomplish our goals that way. It is a lot of fun, and has the potential to truly advance the field, but it is also, in the current funding climate, unrealistic. In the U.S., there is a serious prospect to science funding being cut back so severely that the hit rates on grants next year may be as low as 1 in 10. I suspect an honest review of funding prospects in other countries will uncover similarly dire warnings. This does not mean we are all going out of buisness, but we do have to be careful to conserve resources and focus our do-it-from-scratch efforts on those areas that have the highest priority, and I fear, for most of our community, CIF2, while important, is not likely to be seen as worth that approach, and certainly filing the edges of a brand-new treble quote spec is likely to be very far down on anybody's priority list. Ralf has made a proposal that will save all of us a lot of effort and allow us to devote more resources to higher priority problems. Not only is he right on this one point, but I urge us to look for other areas where we can get to CIF2 by building on work that is already done. This is not a good time for wheel-reinvention. I would appreciate knowing from those who wish to reinvent this particular wheel, why they wish to do that and from where they expect to get the resources to do it? Regards, Herbert ===================================================== Herbert J. Bernstein, Professor of Computer Science Dowling College, Kramer Science Center, KSC 121 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY, 11769 +1-631-244-3035 yaya@dowling.edu ===================================================== On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Bollinger, John C wrote: > > On Friday, January 07, 2011 3:14 PM, Herbert J. Bernstein wrote: > >> We seem not to be communicating effectively. >> >> What I am asking for is an _existing_, supported treble quote specification >> from an _existing_ language with _existing_ documentation and >> _existing_ software as an alternative to the Python specification, >> documentation and software to which we all have access, that is being >> proposed as an alternative >> to what Ralf has proposed. > > Thank you for that clarification. You are right, I didn't understand > what you were asking for. > > I hope this will likewise clarify my position: I reject the premise that > the system we choose must meet those criteria, and I oppose adopting the > full Python syntax and semantics. > >> The Python specification is available at >> >> http://docs.python.org/reference/index.html >> >> with the lexical analysis at >> >> http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html > > Thanks, though that is exactly what I was looking at already. It leaves > several details unclear, some of which I discussed in previous messages. > Hence, I consider it slightly short of a *full* specification. It does, > however, provide my grounds for opposing adoption of that scheme for > CIF. > >> The complete source code and binaries are available at: > > Unless you propose to append a particular set of Python sources to the > CIF specification as a reference, I have no interest in perusing the > source code to seek answers to such questions of detail as I have. > Furthermore, I would oppose adding such an appendix on the grounds that > it would be exceedingly difficult to use to resolve questions such as > mine. > > I am likewise unwilling to rely on the behavior the python binary that > happens to be installed on my computer to answer them. If the correct > behavior is not documented independent of the program then there is no > particular reason to trust that it won't change in future versions, or > that any particular implementation is correct or bug-free. > > > Regards, > > John > > -- > John C. Bollinger, Ph.D. > Department of Structural Biology > St. Jude Children's Research Hospital > > > > > Email Disclaimer: www.stjude.org/emaildisclaimer > > _______________________________________________ > ddlm-group mailing list > ddlm-group@iucr.org > http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group > _______________________________________________ ddlm-group mailing list ddlm-group@iucr.org http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/ddlm-group
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