cameronjames@snoc01.enet.dec.com (James Cameron) (05/27/91)
I've now read the BASIS 15 document from cover to cover (much to the detriment of the washing up and the other things I should be doing like essays and the like...) and I've decided that I have no negative comments to make. The standard is quite reasonable, and I will be altering my implementations to adhere to it. It has been well thought out and well written. I particularly like the idea of allowing CORE words to be supplied in source form only; helps to keep a system small if it is required to be so. I found the rationale boxes very illuminating; although it seemed as if they were repeated in the Annex. I do hope they'll be included in the final, or at least a set of footnotes or references to the Annex sections relevant to each word. -- James Cameron Digital Equipment Corporation (Australia) P/L (cameronjames@snoc01.enet.dec.com)