Re: How to write down a language design?

On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 10:23:24PM +0100, Harald Stoiber wrote:
> Hello ladies and gentlemen,
>
> Please view this as a kind of brainstorming query to get myself ideas
> how other people handle this matter. And here is the matter:
>
> How do you keep notes of your creations? Especially I am talking about
> the case of an unusual grammar and/or syntax. Which way do you prefer -
> tons of examples plus explanations? Or some more abstract description?
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I don't know about keeping notes per se, but one way I both develop and
keep track of interesting grammatical features is by writing up a
reference grammar. For example:

<shameless plug>
        http://quickfur.ath.cx:8080/~hsteoh/conlang/grammar.pdf
</shameless plug>


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