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 TAA26211; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:38:25 +0200 (MET DST) 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 TAA26286 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:38:24 +0200 (MET DST) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from opus.davidb.org (24-165-4-233.san.rr.com [24.165.4.233]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g9QHcND03330 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 19:38:23 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from davidb by opus.davidb.org with local (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 185UtB-0005qA-00 for ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:38:21 -0700 Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:38:21 -0700 From: David Brown To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] CamlP4 Revised syntax comment Message-ID: <20021026173821.GA22421@opus.davidb.org> References: <20021026092737.GC15534@cs.unibo.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021026092737.GC15534@cs.unibo.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 11:27:37AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > Another possible change along the same lines is having =/= or /= for > > inequality, which happens to look a little more like the mathematical > > symbol. > > Uhm ... I disagree here, changing an operator in favour of a more > diffused one is comfortable, adopting a new one from scratch just > because it look more like the mathematical symbol can be really > confusing ... It isn't completely from scratch. Ada uses /= for inequality. They probably had the same motivation, to make it look like the mathematic symbol. Dave Brown ------------------- 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