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 XAA23575; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:52:53 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA24726 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:52:52 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from rabelais.socialtools.net (rabelais.socialtools.net [81.2.94.243]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3QLqoYM024547 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:52:51 +0200 Received: by rabelais.socialtools.net (Postfix, from userid 108) id 7B00C232DB; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:52:50 +0100 (BST) Received: from socialtools.net (chaucer.socialtools.net [81.2.94.242]) by rabelais.socialtools.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A30F2232DA; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:52:49 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <408D8499.9000507@socialtools.net> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:52:25 +0100 From: Benjamin Geer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-gb, en, fr, it MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gerd Stolpmann Cc: Nicolas Cannasse , Yamagata Yoriyuki , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: Common IO structure References: <00cb01c42afd$7fc1b430$19b0e152@warp> <20040426.221606.71081508.yoriyuki@mbg.ocn.ne.jp> <015701c42b9a$00065730$ef01a8c0@warp> <20040427.002643.78700697.yoriyuki@mbg.ocn.ne.jp> <016401c42bc4$b6438840$19b0e152@warp> <1083013017.8842.327.camel@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> In-Reply-To: <1083013017.8842.327.camel@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on rabelais.socialtools.net X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 python:01 unix:02 wrote:03 perl:03 arguments:03 functions:05 structure:06 java:07 benjamin:07 perhaps:09 common:16 there:16 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > I would like to hear real arguments for why certain names should be used. > For example, one reason can be that there is already a user base. Many people are familiar with the C functions 'read' and 'write' in Unix. Perhaps for this reason, Perl, Python and Java also use the names 'read' and 'write'. Ben ------------------- 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