Mechanics

The first step is for the research community to reach a consensus on the process of language design. Such a process has been outlined in this white paper. Either a modification of this paper, or a replacement with an alternate proposal, is a necessary pre-condition for subsequent effort.

I volunteer to serve as a clearinghouse for white papers on the tasks listed above. I will maintain a postal mailing list of people interested in receiving white papers. Additions to this list, as well as corrections and deletions, will be sincerely appreciated. Such modifications may be sent to me at either the postal or email addresses listed at the beginning of this paper. An email mailing list has also been set up, to enable interactive discussion of the TSQL design. To add or remove yourself from this mailing list, send mail to tsql-request@cs.arizona.edu. To send a message to all those on this mailing list, send mail to tsql@cs.arizona.edu. These last two addresses pertain to the email mailing list only.