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 AAA08342; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 00:55:00 +0200 (MET DST) 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 AAA08241 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 00:54:59 +0200 (MET DST) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from hod.void.org (p5085DCD8.dip.t-dialin.net [80.133.220.216]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g78Mswj01169 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 00:54:58 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from mamous@localhost) by hod.void.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA00723; Wed, 6 Feb 2002 08:23:06 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: hod.void.org: mamous set sender to leypold@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de using -f From: "M E Leypold @ labnet" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15456.59370.817450.640399@hod.void.org> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:23:06 +0100 To: Markus Mottl Cc: Mattias Waldau , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] syntax change (was: camlp4o problem) In-Reply-To: <20020204201140.GA1705@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> References: <20020204180136.F2338@verdot.inria.fr> <004b01c1ada9$ae1d0420$765da8c0@gateway> <20020204201140.GA1705@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> X-Mailer: VM 7.00 under Emacs 20.4.1 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Markus Mottl writes: > On Mon, 04 Feb 2002, Mattias Waldau wrote: > > So, I think we should encourage people to try the Camlp4-syntax > > and let people have their comments. If people comment into this > > mailing list, more people will look into it and maybe have their > > own opinion. > > This will probably not happen: there is just not enough incentive to > learn a new syntax which is unlikely to become widespread - because it > is non-standard. Maybe that should be read as: There is no widespread need for a revised sytnax, the hurt with the old syntax is not big enough to justify a transition to a new one (for most people)? Regards -- Markus ------------------- 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