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 AAA21449; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:28:19 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA21911 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:28:13 +0100 (MET) Received: from fichte.ai.univie.ac.at (fichte.ai.univie.ac.at [131.130.174.156]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g14NSCX28790 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:28:12 +0100 (MET) Received: (from markus@localhost) by fichte.ai.univie.ac.at (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) id AAA03737; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:28:07 +0100 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:28:06 +0100 From: Markus Mottl To: bcpierce@cis.upenn.edu Cc: Chris Hecker , Mattias Waldau , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] syntax change (was: camlp4o problem) Message-ID: <20020204232806.GC1705@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> Mail-Followup-To: bcpierce@cis.upenn.edu, Chris Hecker , Mattias Waldau , caml-list@inria.fr References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020204144529.037923f0@arda.pair.com> <4681.1012863871@saul.cis.upenn.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4681.1012863871@saul.cis.upenn.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i Organization: Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, 04 Feb 2002, Benjamin C. Pierce wrote: > I *do* think the OCaml team should be terrified of syntax changes. > At this stage, one of the things that is most hampering the spread of > OCaml, particularly in educational settings, is the dearth of books. > If incompatible changes are not kept to a minimum, no one will want to > write any, and the few that do get written will quickly go out of date. Nobody is saying that such changes should be done right now or in the near future, but that there should be a plan about them. I am sure that nobody would say that keeping the current syntax like a rigid corset forever would benefit long-term evolution of the language. Note that it becomes even more difficult to change things if the number of users grows. Regards, Markus Mottl -- Markus Mottl markus@oefai.at Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.oefai.at/~markus ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr