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I'll just state for all us dummies, I suppose, that your casual use of DSL as an initialism without writing what it stands for, is not cool.

mepian 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language
CharlesW 4y ago
In this case it means "Domain-specific language". SQL is a great example of a DSL. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language
- sargstuff 4y ago
  still need a database engine, device driver(s) for database engine (storage & display) & for storage device for SQL to work.
podunkPDX 4y ago
I’m presuming Domain Specific Language, as the context refers to a “target domain.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language
eyelidlessness 4y ago
For folks who evidently disagree with this, consider that DSL has another common tech meaning. More common, for quite a lot of people, who may even be programmers. Defining initialisms and abbreviations upon first use used to be a basic assumption in most writing, and in most teaching of writing. It’s probably fine to assume some knowledge based on your expected audience, but when your audience tells you it doesn’t have the knowledge you assume, it’s okay and even good to have a little humility about your mistaken assumption.
- abrax3141 4y ago
  > consider that DSL has > another common tech meaning Which, in an elegant self-own, you’re not going to tell us.
  - eyelidlessness 4y ago
    A self own indeed! My apologies. The other common meaning I referenced is digital subscriber line.
    - abrax3141 4y ago
      Sorry. I meant “eloquent”. But thank you!
- sargstuff 4y ago
  levels of hardware abstraction & DSL's that support the given hardware abstraction might be better approach. aka. typical DSL's at the pre-OS boot / bare metal level -> BIOS; communications protols - USB, epci, scsi; DSL on epci card, harddrive bios DSL's used by OS -> ebpf, tcp, serial, printer drivers, display drivers (hdmi, displayport, vga) DSL's allowing user to interact with OS -> shell, systemd

mepian 4y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language

CharlesW 4y ago

In this case it means "Domain-specific language". SQL is a great example of a DSL. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language

sargstuff 4y ago
still need a database engine, device driver(s) for database engine (storage & display) & for storage device for SQL to work.

podunkPDX 4y ago

I’m presuming Domain Specific Language, as the context refers to a “target domain.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language

eyelidlessness 4y ago

For folks who evidently disagree with this, consider that DSL has another common tech meaning. More common, for quite a lot of people, who may even be programmers. Defining initialisms and abbreviations upon first use used to be a basic assumption in most writing, and in most teaching of writing. It’s probably fine to assume some knowledge based on your expected audience, but when your audience tells you it doesn’t have the knowledge you assume, it’s okay and even good to have a little humility about your mistaken assumption.

abrax3141 4y ago
> consider that DSL has > another common tech meaning Which, in an elegant self-own, you’re not going to tell us.
- eyelidlessness 4y ago
  A self own indeed! My apologies. The other common meaning I referenced is digital subscriber line.
  - abrax3141 4y ago
    Sorry. I meant “eloquent”. But thank you!
sargstuff 4y ago
levels of hardware abstraction & DSL's that support the given hardware abstraction might be better approach. aka. typical DSL's at the pre-OS boot / bare metal level -> BIOS; communications protols - USB, epci, scsi; DSL on epci card, harddrive bios DSL's used by OS -> ebpf, tcp, serial, printer drivers, display drivers (hdmi, displayport, vga) DSL's allowing user to interact with OS -> shell, systemd