Constructive criticism

[Maneesh Yadav]

On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Maneesh Yadav wrote:

> Jim, I think you need to provide clearer examples.
> I really don't see much here except that if you use the word class for
> metamodel and write all data out in binary it's not particularly useful or
> different.  For example you "universal" text import export model example
> is

I really hate pine.  WHat I meant to say was,
..write out all the data in binary it's no different than any traditional
structure representation (C++, smalltalk etc.) which isn't particularly
different...

> just the binary representation of Hello World...I really don't see how
> writing a string down in binary makes it possible to mix languages and do
> visual programming.  What I think you need to do is provide a clear
> exmaple of a program that shows how much better it is to do it in prisim
> than to do it in a traditional manner.  The examples that I see do not
> provide such evidence at all. 
> 
> On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, James Little wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Maneesh Yadav wrote:
> > 
> > > Jim...forgive my ignorance but I really don't see how your prisim stuff is
> > > any different than a C++ class except you've bothered to write out the
> > > members in binary instead of using time saving Cish constructs...
> > 
> > Maneesh,
> > 
> > I'm not sure how you got that impression.  Maybe because the metamodels
> > I've published thus far are basic building blocks such as Integer,
> > Character, and String?  If so, then I understand, but your impression is
> > mistaken.
> > 
> > Prism is a mechanism for representing programs in a common format that is
> > easier to manipulate than ASCII.  Possible benefits include visual
> > representation of programs and (the holy grail) programs constructed from
> > multiple languages.
> > 
> > I understand that the documentation currently available on the web site
> > may be hard to understand.  If something is confusing, please ask...
> > that's the only way I'll improve.
> > 
> > Jim
> > 
> > Prism is at http://www.teleport.com/~sphere
> > 
> > 
>