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 QAA15988; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:03:17 +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 QAA15930 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:03:17 +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 VAA32106 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:05:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (kenny78.zip.com.au [61.8.18.206]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f3AJ5Bn12961; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 21:05:11 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from ozemail.com.au (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA05807; Wed, 11 Apr 2001 05:04:48 +1000 Message-ID: <3AD35950.B9B6505B@ozemail.com.au> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 05:04:48 +1000 From: John Max Skaller X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.12-20 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick M Doane CC: Pierre Weis , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] variant with tuple arg in pattern match? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Patrick M Doane wrote: > I think it is good to have these syntax discussions from time to time. > Obviously it should not be the main focus of attention, but syntax really > matters for the first impressions a user has with a new programming > language. I don't agree with the first part: syntax is a vitally important part of any language. It it the concrete representation of the underlying semantic concepts. If you can't get a clean and unified syntax .. there is probably a problem in the underlying semantics. -- John (Max) Skaller, mailto:skaller@maxtal.com.au 10/1 Toxteth Rd Glebe NSW 2037 Australia voice: 61-2-9660-0850 checkout Vyper http://Vyper.sourceforge.net download Interscript http://Interscript.sourceforge.net ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr. Archives: http://caml.inria.fr