Nah, I've always been a fan of s-expressions.
(^ 1 (^ 2 (^ 3)))
And the initial house:
((< 3) (^ 1) (> 2))
See, s-expressions are much more readable than XML ;)
On May 4, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Christopher Hickman wrote:
Obviously, the initial tree should be annotated like this:
<stack><pyramid size="1" orientation="upright"/><pyramid size="2"
orientation="upright"/><pyramid size="3" orientation="upright"/></
stack>
Duh. ;)
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On May 3, 2006, at 8:14 AM, Eric Wald wrote:
I agree. The only thing I would do to improve it is to use slashes
instead of commas, to make the stacks explicit.
Initial Tree: ^1/2/3
A Nest: ^3/2/1
Okay, I see where commas may be confused as delimiters between places
on the line rather than pieces in the stack. BUT, the typographer in
me can't abide slashes inter-mixed with digits: they make the numbers
harder to read (as the slash takes up lots of ink, and is similar to
many of the number glyphs...)
Let's see...
dashes: ^1-2-3 ^3-2-1
pluses: ^1+2+3 ^3+2+1
colons: ^1:2:3 ^3:2:1
tildes: ^1~2~3 ^3~2~1
quotes: ^1'2'3 ^3'2'1
periods: ^1.2.3 ^3.2.1
parens: ^1(2(3 ^3(2(1
or even: ^1(2(3)) ^3(2(1))
Of these, I like pluses both typographically and for the semantic
"and". The parenthesis has a sort of nice stacking feel to it but
seems overly heavy, and more general purpose than needed. (Plus, if
you don't include the closers, then all the digits look like they're
frowning.)
So, I vote for the plus sign as separator between pieces in a stack.
Now, should I submit this standard to the IETF, ISO, ANSI, ECMA, or
all four? I'm reserving the upcoming Treehouse+XML format for W3C
approval....
- Mark
Mark Lentczner
http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/
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