When an Idea stops being an Idea

This meme pops up from time to time, more recently. Ideas are cheap implementation is where all the value is. Then again implementing a bad idea has its consequences but that's a different thread.

Ok so I have an idea, well actually an idea was presented to me. It was high level, needed refinement, and had some holes. The market is BIG, the problem is HUGE, the solution is elegant. The individual who shared the 'idea' with me has domain experience, that's a plus.

A programmer I am not. By that I mean I cannot write software in a language which can either be interpreted or compiled and executed. But I can write code in my language, the 'Dean' language (that's me). It's a really cool language. It has everything that every other language has and even has things I made up. I add to in all the time, on the fly syntax. The best thing is that everyone understands it and everyone can add to it, it's very flexible.

I could hand you Mr Ruby, Mrs. Python, Sir Lisp, source written in this language and you could easily port it to your favorite language.

So I have this 'idea' written in the 'Dean' language which needs porting into another language. Do I have more than an idea?

There is another name for what I have its called a 'Spec'.