Re: [Caml-list] PPX is harmful to our community in the long term

[e@x80.org (Emilio Jesús Gallego Arias)]

"Hongbo Zhang (BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEX)" <hzhang295@bloomberg.net> writes:

> Yes, that's exactly what I suggested in the beginning!

Maybe I interpret the word "harmful" differently, but IMVHO I have to
strongly disagree with your choice of subject in the original mail.

Not only PPX has not been harmful for me, but it has been a life-saver
tool that has enabled significant progress towards more productive
research.

"Hongbo Zhang (BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEX)" <hzhang295@bloomberg.net> writes:

> calling it 'madness' is disrespectful

Personally, I fully subscribe Yaron's message and I see nothing
disrespectful in suggesting that abandoning syntactic abstractions is a
very bad idea.

You wrote:

 "the OCaml library developer should avoid PPX as much as you can",

but if you meant:

 "PPX seems quite unstable these days, I wonder how could we improve
  long-term stability?"

I'd have to admit that message didn't reach to me.

Best regards!
Emilio