X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]
	["853" "Mon" "15" "June" "1998" "18:28:04" "+0200" "Hans Aberg" "haberg@MATEMATIK.SU.SE" nil "18" "Re: LaTeX3 naming & modules" "^Date:" nil nil "6" nil nil nil nil nil]
	nil)
Received: from listserv.gmd.de (listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.1])
	by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA11776;
	Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:29:08 +0200 (MET DST)
Received: from lsv1.listserv.gmd.de (192.88.97.2) by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <14.F1C17B29@listserv.gmd.de>; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:29:06 +0200
Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE
          (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 362007 for
          LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:29:02 +0200
Received: from mail.nada.kth.se (root@mail.nada.kth.se [130.237.222.92]) by
          relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA17341 for
          <LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE>; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:29:01
          +0200 (MET DST)
Received: from [130.237.37.151] (sl125.modempool.kth.se [130.237.37.151]) by
          mail.nada.kth.se (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA17027 for
          <LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE>; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:28:58
          +0200 (MET DST)
X-Sender: su95-hab@mail.nada.kth.se
References: <v03110702b1a9c7a3f6d6@[130.237.37.61]>
            <199806131643.SAA23491@relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>,
            <v03110702b1a9c7a3f6d6@[130.237.37.61]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Message-ID:  <v03110700b1aafadc878e@[130.237.37.102]>
Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project
              <LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE>
In-Reply-To:  <13701.17613.13961.821690@fell.open.ac.uk>
Date:         Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:28:04 +0200
From: Hans Aberg <haberg@MATEMATIK.SU.SE>
Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project
              <LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE>
To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L
              <LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE>
Subject:      Re: LaTeX3 naming & modules
Status: R
X-Status: 
X-Keywords:                  
X-UID: 2563

>But, as Hans suggests in his other message, whether such ideas are
>practical whilst the current TeX (or any extensions so far considered)
>is the underlying language needs further research.

  This is also a point which I did not mention: For developing such ideas
like modules and objects, one needs a very good context.

  So the best way to approach this subject is really the approach taken:
Start to write these names by hand. When one has a good working kernal, one
can start to think about abstractions.

  I then pointed out some snags that may arise down the line, and I
indicated what I think is needed to get around them.

  Hans Aberg
                  * Email: Hans Aberg <mailto:haberg@member.ams.org>
                  * Home Page: <http://www.matematik.su.se/~haberg/>
                  * AMS member listing: <http://www.ams.org/cml/>