Dear Mr Neumanns,

Thank you very much for your kind letter - both form and
contents (or, in PL designer lingo: both syntax and
semantics). I especially appreciated the Obix conditional
statement closing your interesting letter.

It is nice to hear about Obix - not so much because this
is just another YAPL (Yet Another Programming Language) -
but because of the excellence of your presentation and
tutorial quality of your work. One can also quite feel
the passion and enthusiasm that permeate your endeavor.
Congratulations ... Most sincerely.

Despite a rather full slate of pressing pursuits, I would
be most interested in participating in what you are
describing to be an open-source development project for
Obix. However, even if such is restricted to my own
private time, I must first inquire with my employer (IBM)
regarding my contributing to such a public forum. I hope
you can understand my need for obtaining clearance.

Meanwhile, I will take private time (as scarce as it may
turn out to be), and bring myself up to speed learning
about Obix through your web postings, as well as play
around with the specs (syntax and semantics) that you
posted on your site. I'll use my own Java tools (JACC -
Just Another Compiler Compiler) for syntax/semantics
analysis. That'll get me into the core of it faster than
just blank manual reading. But that'll also take time.

At any rate, I do hope that you please keep me posted on
your efforts by adding my email in your Obix discussion
group if there is such a thing.

Again, most glad that you contacted me. Let's keep in
touch! ... Much to share.

Cheers,

-hak

PS/ Are you familiar with my previous work on LIFE and
    compiler design for abstract machine supporting
    declarative languages (e.g., Warren's Abstract
    Machine, etc., ...)?