about Octave's syntax

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Thu, 7/2/09, Søren Hauberg <soren at hauberg.org> wrote:

> From: Søren Hauberg <soren at hauberg.org>
> Subject: Re: about Octave's syntax
> To: "Sergei Steshenko" <sergstesh at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Eduardo Alejandro Cuesta Llanes" <eacuesta at estudiantes.uci.cu>, help-octave at octave.org
> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 1:20 AM
> tor, 02 07 2009 kl. 00:08 -0700,
> skrev Sergei Steshenko:
> > --- On Wed, 7/1/09, Søren Hauberg <soren at hauberg.org>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Søren Hauberg <soren at hauberg.org>
> > > Subject: Re: about Octave's syntax
> > > To: "Eduardo Alejandro Cuesta Llanes" <eacuesta at estudiantes.uci.cu>
> > > Cc: help-octave at octave.org
> > > Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 12:44 PM
> > > ons, 01 07 2009 kl. 10:16 -0400,
> > > skrev Eduardo Alejandro Cuesta Llanes:
> > > > I need the formal Octave's syntax for make
> a
> > > parser...
> > > 
> > > Well, you do have access to the source code, so
> why not
> > > just inspect the
> > > code for the actual parser? Or perhaps just use
> the parser
> > > instead of
> > > writing your own...
> > > 
> > > Søren
> > > 
> > 
> > Or perhaps never-ever look into 'octave' source code
> in order to never be
> > accused of violating GPL ...
> 
> Is that a flame-bait? I'll bite anyway... It is trivial to
> avoid
> violating the GPL: just release your code! If you somehow
> oppose the
> GPL, then I don't see why you would use Octave or why
> anybody here would
> want to help you.
> 
> Søren
> 
> 

Suppose the person writes a syntax-highlighting plugin for a BSD-licensed
editor, and the person wants both the plugin and the editor to remain
BSD-licensed.

Or not an editor, but an IDE.

A tool that helps to use 'octave' should not necessarily be GPL'ed. And
if the tool helps to use 'octave', 'octave' benefits, doesn't it ?

Or GPL people are of the "who is not with us is against us" kind ?

Seriously, it's not a good thing to derive spec from code - regardless of
tool and license.

For example, one of the most significant differences between Perl 5 and 6
is that the latter has the spec while the former doesn't.

Regards,
  Sergei.