[Grace-core] Minutes of Teleconference 14.03.2012

[James Noble]

* usual discussions of the deficiencies of Skype, Lion, old Macs…

* multi-line or uninterpreted strings on ‹› ? 

* talked about the "main program" 
    either scripts (beginners) or modules with nominated methods.
    initialization code inside objects is run on creation
    code at top level "script" is run inside DefaultObject.

* talked about the structure of language levels
    - parser parses full language
    - ast walkers (plugins) that subset language and produce error messages
    - "supersets" defined in libraries

* talked about how 

* talked about language / library levels 
    - lists / sequences
    - sets
    - what should (or shouldn't) be built in

* james' grammar doesn't have varargs 

* think about delurking the project further 
    - can we make mini grace more accessible? 
    - can it e.g. call processing.js
    - more on the web?  nicer format? (spec, release notes, tutorial)
    - james needs to actually do another spec release 0.350, 0.400?
    
* plan for Onward paper slowly progressing...

next meeting - same time next week: 3-5pm 20th Pacific,  11-13 21st NZ
and week after  3-5pm 27th Pacific,  11-13 28st NZ

trying to find time next week

James