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 OAA02728; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:46:38 +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 OAA02636 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:46:37 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from athlon.baretta.com (host94-68.pool80116.interbusiness.it [80.116.68.94]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g9BCkZD28088 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:46:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from baretta.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athlon.baretta.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A29F273AE; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:56:59 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <3DA6CA9B.7020106@baretta.com> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:56:59 +0200 From: Alessandro Baretta Organization: Baretta srl -- www.baretta.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: it, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Kontra, Gergely" Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Threats on future of Camlp4 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Kontra, Gergely wrote: >>I want to make my contribution to this flamewar short: >> >> * Camlp4 is useful. > > >>Otherwise, please resolve personal issues over a beer in a bar or in a >>fight outside, whichever you prefer. As long as all of you stay healthy >>for further development, OCaml-users will be happy... ;-) > > > I agree, camlp4 IS useful. (Exploring the alternative syntax) > I just afraid of developing in ocaml, if there exists two version of the > syntax. ... > > ps: If this was discussed, please tell me where can I read it. > > Gergo This was discussed on the mailing list. You can find previous threads in the archives. The main idea is that there is no need for a "standard" syntax, so long as CamlP4 can always convert any nonstandard source code in the standard "vanilla" syntax. Alex ------------------- 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