[294] in Zephyr_Comments
Re: Zwgc description language
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert S. French)
Tue Jun 6 10:59:35 1989
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 89 10:59:10 EDT
From: "Robert S. French" <rfrench@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: zephyr-comments@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: [0293]
If I may add my two cents worth, I think both sides are off base here.
It is not reasonable to ask a user to learn a _programming language_
just to customize the appearance of his zephyrgrams, despite what the
industry might say (q.v. PostScript). While a programming language
may make it more powerful, the base functionality should be provided
by a more intuitive description language of some kind. Neither LISP
nor C is intuitive to someone in course 4, and arguing between the two
of them is silly. Perhaps you should talk to a real user interface
expert, like Wendy Mackay (E40-366) and get her input.
Rob
