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 RAA14723; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:16:26 +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 RAA14668 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:16:25 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail11.speakeasy.net (mail11.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.211]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f7RFGOn02222 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:16:24 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (qmail 83349 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2001 15:16:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO itz) ([64.81.49.223]) (envelope-sender ) by mail11.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 27 Aug 2001 15:16:22 -0000 Received: from itz by itz with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15bO7h-0005CU-00 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:16:21 -0700 To: caml-list@inria.fr (OCAML) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] standard regex package References: From: Ian Zimmerman Date: 27 Aug 2001 08:16:21 -0700 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <86heutsfcq.fsf@speakeasy.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Brian> A better apporach might be to ape Python and the SML Basis Brian> Library by providing a generic "OS" module which abstracts at Brian> least Unix/Win/Mac away. I would prefer this, since I feel Brian> silly using Unix. on a Windows box :-). Surely you _don't_ mean the LCD of Unix/Win/Mac, and throwing out all the APIs which are specific to Unix but _so_ darn useful? Why do you think I am a GNU/Linux user in the first place? -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. The easiest way to win an argument: ridicule your opponent's basic assumptions by stating their negation and postfixing it with ", right?" GPG pub key: 433BA087 9C0F 194F 203A 63F7 B1B8 6E5A 8CA3 27DB 433B A087 ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr