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 TAA11423; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:54:46 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id TAA10799 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:54:45 +0100 (MET) 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 OAA30159 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:06:19 +0100 (MET) Received: from post.it.helsinki.fi (post.it.helsinki.fi [128.214.205.24]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h1OD6IH05668 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:06:18 +0100 (MET) Received: from la.iki.fi (root@kruuna.helsinki.fi [128.214.205.14]) by post.it.helsinki.fi (8.12.2/8.12.2-SPAMmers-sod-off) with ESMTP id h1OD6FGJ022217; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:06:16 +0200 (EET) Received: from la by la.iki.fi with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18nIJD-0001Hf-00; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:06:15 +0200 Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:06:13 +0200 From: Lauri Alanko To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml standard library improvement Message-ID: <20030224130612.GC1496@la.iki.fi> References: <200302241103.MAA17811@gnome.at.coli.uni-sb.de> <3E5A1660.9020605@ozemail.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E5A1660.9020605@ozemail.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 11:56:00PM +1100, John Max Skaller wrote: > It's not enough to just start a sourceforge account. > Some strict policy is needed for managing contributions. > The C++ Boost is an example of an informal collaborative effort > and is worth looking at. The Library Working Group of the C and > C++ ISO committees are another, and are also worth considering. Another thing to look at is the SRFI system for Scheme . It is a systematic yet fairly informal and accessible procedure for defining language and library extensions, and it has proven to produce well-specified and fairly clean designs (along with implementations, of course). Lauri Alanko la@iki.fi ------------------- 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