Small Group

Do we have a sense of where we are with
the small function group?  If not done already, it might make sense
to get that group done first, across all areas (statistical, financial,
etc.) and package that up as something worthy of wider review.  I'm
thinking this can help us do some of the review work in parallel with the
remaining function development.  This is especially true if we have
a consensus on the core expression syntax, which I think we do.  Adding
definitions for the remaining functions is unlikely to cause us to readdress
syntactical issues.

The upside would be that this would
give an early heads up on the OpenFormula syntax recommendations, as reviewed
and approved by the TC and made available for public review.  It would
also give implementors something to start working on.  By the time
they are done digesting that, we would probably have the medium set done
and ready for review, etc.  I like this more than saving all our good
work for release only after we've defined the Gamma and Bessel functions
<g>.

What's the phrase, "release early
and often"?

-Rob