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 AAA16075; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:00:12 +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 AAA16086 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:00:11 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mallaury.noc.nerim.net (smtp-105-friday.noc.nerim.net [62.4.17.105]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3NM0Bjq032568 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:00:11 +0200 Received: from haddock.max.fr (zoggy.net1.nerim.net [62.212.116.8]) by mallaury.noc.nerim.net (Postfix) with SMTP id C2EAC62D37 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:00:07 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 23:58:09 +0200 From: Maxence Guesdon To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library Message-Id: <20040423235809.2267e6c9@haddock.max.fr> In-Reply-To: <20040423214606.GH6783@excelhustler.com> References: <20040423185148.GA4434@excelhustler.com> <20040423195206.GA27257@tallman.kefka.frap.net> <20040423202342.GA5962@excelhustler.com> <20040423223611.33ef1c08@haddock.max.fr> <20040423211003.GD6783@excelhustler.com> <20040423231204.1576c96b@haddock.max.fr> <20040423231831.5510656c@haddock.max.fr> <20040423214606.GH6783@excelhustler.com> Organization: INRIA X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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; maxence:01 guesdon:01 maxence:01 guesdon:01 caml-list:01 personnally:01 extlib:01 caml:01 caml:01 lib:01 ecrivait:02 thread:02 e-mailing:96 library:03 library:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Dans son style inimitable, John Goerzen =E9crivait: > > Sorry, the real start of the whole discussion is here: > > http://caml.inria.fr/archives/200403/msg00091.html >=20 > Got it. We seem to be e-mailing past each other a bit here. >=20 > Anyway, I've been reading that thread and haven't really seen anyone > defending the standard library yet. I found this message particularly > compelling: >=20 > http://caml.inria.fr/archives/200403/msg00166.html >=20 > And Xavier's reply: >=20 > http://caml.inria.fr/archives/200403/msg00171.html >=20 > Which, if I may boil several pages down into a few characters, seems to > say "We know it sucks, but don't have time to fix it quickly." That > does not translate, in my mind, to "your complaints are invalid", which > is what you seem to be saying. So I still don't understand where you're > coming from. I'm not saying "your complaints are invalid", i'm just (personnally)=20 tired of always reading the same discussions again and again. > All of which, though, is somewhat beside the point. How are we going to > *fix* it? Why not start by merging your lib with Extlib ? - m ------------------- 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