• From: Liam R E Quin <liam@w...>
• To: Len Bullard <Len.Bullard@s...>
• Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:49:32 -0400

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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