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 RAA23210; Tue, 14 May 2002 17:31:56 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id RAA23205 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Tue, 14 May 2002 17:31:55 +0200 (MET DST) 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 PAA18775 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 15:11:17 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from sarg.ryerson.ca (sarg.ryerson.ca [141.117.18.117]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g4EDBG903445 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 15:11:16 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from sarg.ryerson.ca (dmason@localhost) by sarg.ryerson.ca (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id g4EDBFb07413 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 09:11:15 -0400 Message-Id: <200205141311.g4EDBFb07413@sarg.ryerson.ca> To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Wildcard expansion/command line In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 14 May 2002 08:52:32 EDT." <15585.2192.709871.920355@tkb.mpl.com> User-Agent: EMH/1.10.0 SEMI/1.13.7 (Awazu) CLIME/1.13.6 (=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQ2YlTj4xGyhC?=) MULE XEmacs/21.1 (patch 14) (Cuyahoga Valley) (alpha-redhat-linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.13.7 - "Awazu") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 09:11:15 -0400 From: Dave Mason Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk >>>>> On Tue, 14 May 2002 08:52:32 -0400, "T. Kurt Bond" said: > having the shell do it makes most programs simpler, which is > probably why Unix ended up with the shell doing the work. And the other reason.... think 64Kb address spaces and 128Kb machines, and no shared libraries. Today the advantage for it is absolute consistency. ../Dave ------------------- 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