[bitc-dev] Issues for s-block surface syntax

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 20:48 +0000, Sam Mason wrote:
> OK, I was thinking about the language being used for different things.
> I'd not thought about the whole validation/inspection issue that's going
> to be a major part of BitC.
> 
> Is this a problem because symbols are more opaque than names?

Not really. It's a problem because you can't even know how the *parse*
will behave without full knowledge of every gritty little symbol that
some genious library builder felt compelled to help you by introducing.
It's an enormous (human) impediment to understanding what is going on.

shap