Domain-specific notations

[dan]

Hi

I want to know if there is any similarity between what we do and DSN, so 
I guess the only way is to come along. So count me in.

Cheers

Daniel Poon
www.romaxtech.com

francisco.j.garau at jpmorgan.com wrote:
> Stephen,
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> I would prefer that the meeting is held in London. 
>
> Anybody else wants to come along?
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> Francisco Garau
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> "Stephen Taylor" <editor at vector.org.uk>
> 04/07/2006 15:50
> Please respond to editor
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>         To:     "Romilly Cocking" <romilly at cocking.co.uk>, "Francisco. J. 
> Garau" <francisco.j.garau at jpmorgan.com>, "Tony Garnock-Jones" 
> <tonyg at lshift.net>
>         cc: 
>         Subject:        Domain-specific notations
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> At XP2006 we identified others with a common interest in the use of
> domain-specific notations (DSNs). We see DSNs enabling domain experts and
> professional writers (programmers) to collaborate on executable system
> descriptions — software. Our experience indicates that direct 
> collaboration
> on an executable description enables useful software to be written at a 
> pace
> even more rapid than achieved by agile developers using C++ or Java.
>
> A key to this is the use of dynamically-typed languages, which permit
> concise and dynamic definitions of vocabulary. We point from our own
> experience to APL, J, Python, Ruby and Smalltalk.
>
> We are interested in the possibility of either a dedicated track at XP2007
> for DSNs, or a conference dedicated to DSNs, or both.
>
> In this we have attracted from XP2006 the interest and encouragement of
>
> - Kent Beck, author of "Extreme Programming Explained", who would like to
> revive interest in Smalltalk
> - Barry Boehm, Professor, Center for Software Engineering, USCLA
> - Jack Järkvik, VP R&D, Ericsson AB
> - Pekka Abrahamsson, XP2006 chair
> - Jutta Eckstein, XP2004 chair
>
> I'm looking to convene a 1-day meeting to review what a dedicated 
> conference
> or track might cover, and to agree any action to take about it. This 
> meeting
> might
>
> - abut the Dyalog APL User Meeting in Elsinore (Helsingør) in October;
> - be held in London, to which travel is relatively cheap.
>
> Who would represent the UK Smalltalk community?
>
> Stephen
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