> -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Kent [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:26 AM > > is a goal of CQL to be very much like CCL (ISO8777) if only > because there is no reason to be different? I took the first crack at writing CQL, so I guess I'd better answer the question. I picked CCL because I thought there were enought parsers for it and enough understanding of it that our minor differences would be easy to accomodate. I wanted a starting place that wasn't too far away from what users were used to entering. Ralph