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 WAA07769; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:27:25 +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 WAA07773 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:27:24 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from gatekeeper.elmer.external.excelhustler.com (gatekeeper.excelhustler.com [68.99.114.105]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3NKRNjq022026 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:27:23 +0200 Received: from chatterbox.elmer.internal.excelhustler.com (unknown [192.168.0.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "chatterbox.elmer.internal.excelhustler.com", Issuer "excelhustler.com" (not verified)) by gatekeeper.elmer.external.excelhustler.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC86AE013F; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:27:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chatterbox.elmer.internal.excelhustler.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38A255C007; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:27:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: from wile.internal.excelhustler.com (wile.internal.excelhustler.com [192.168.1.34]) by chatterbox.elmer.internal.excelhustler.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0121A5C005; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:27:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: by wile.internal.excelhustler.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EAABC4205A; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:27:21 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:27:21 -0500 From: John Goerzen To: "Alexander V. Voinov" Cc: Kenneth Knowles , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library Message-ID: <20040423202721.GB5962@excelhustler.com> References: <20040423185148.GA4434@excelhustler.com> <20040423195206.GA27257@tallman.kefka.frap.net> <4089780F.9020200@zmail.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4089780F.9020200@zmail.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-Scanned-By: clamscan at chatterbox.elmer.internal.excelhustler.com X-Miltered: at nez-perce by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 2004:99 voinov:01 extlib:01 implemented:01 extlib:01 implements:01 ocaml:01 0700,:01 alexander:01 wrote:03 library:03 library:03 rename:03 versions:06 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 01:09:51PM -0700, Alexander V. Voinov wrote: > I'd second this. For about a year now, I've been using one of these > extlibs, one which implements tail-recursive versions of the list > operations, and never looked back. Recently I had to install another > extlib because a package I need depends on it. This does not, of course, > increase maintanability and all other -bilities you may imagine. Well said. I don't think that the right answer is for the two Extlibs to merge; one just needs to rename (and I think it should be the C one). There is value in having a library that is implemented in pure OCaml, too. Note, though, that I didn't release something named "Extlib" :-) -- John ------------------- 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