On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 08:10 -0500, Len Bullard wrote:
> Let's be fair. Hytime became Elliot's by award and rightfully given the
> work he put into it, but it was being worked some years before Eliot.
Yes. Eliot was, in a way, to HyTime as Yuri was to SGML.
Layered and loosely-coupled systems win out every time over complex
monolithic ones. Of course, one must not confuse complex systems with
large specifications - the spec might be larger because it is clearer
and more precise, and not only because of new features.
Best,
Liam
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