From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id SAA06696; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:45:01 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA06936 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:45:00 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail3.tpgi.com.au (mail.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.59]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hALHiw116046 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:44:59 +0100 (MET) Received: from 203-213-81-92-syd-ts13-2600.tpgi.com.au (203-213-81-92-syd-ts13-2600.tpgi.com.au [203.213.81.92]) by mail3.tpgi.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hALHip313578; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 04:44:53 +1100 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] GC and file descriptors From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@ozemail.com.au To: Matt Gushee Cc: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr In-Reply-To: <20031120063510.GC893@swordfish> References: <20031118232227.GA8437@swordfish> <20031120063510.GC893@swordfish> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1069433066.5426.59.camel@pelican> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 22 Nov 2003 03:44:26 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ozemail:01 gushee:01 ozemail:01 glebe:01 2037,:01 9660:01 descriptors:01 nsw:01 snail:02 father:97 checkout:02 typing:03 wrote:03 wrote:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 17:35, Matt Gushee wrote: > But I get worried when I see the quest for program > correctness take on a religious tinge, as it sometimes appears to on > this list. So I thought it was time to play Devil's Advocate. My turn to beg to differ. I won't give any rationale, or advocate anything .. lets just say I'm a member of WG21 (the C++ ISO Standardisation committee) and they have a mailing list too... I won't even give any quotes .. I'm sure you can use your imagination .. I find the tinge of religion of strong typing, proofs of correctness, concepts of abstract backed by mathematics .. a welcome relief :-) [Father Xavier, forgive me, for I have sinned, today I wrote 3 lines of C++ ..] -- John Max Skaller, mailto:skaller@ozemail.com.au snail:25/85c Wigram Rd, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia. voice:61-2-9660-0850. Checkout Felix: http://felix.sf.net ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners