From: james woodyatt <jhw@wetware.com>
To: The Caml Trade <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 23:55:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <93448C92-9685-11D8-891D-000A958FF2FE@wetware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040423213325.GF6783@excelhustler.com>
On 23 Apr 2004, at 14:33, John Goerzen wrote:
>
> A plethora of mutually-incompatible modules that duplicate and extend
> standard library features is in nobody's interest. The result will be
> an irrelevant standard library and a fragmented development community.
Yeah— that was such a huge roadblock to the popularity of the C
language.
As one of those guys who maintains a library that supplements the Ocaml
standard library with additional stuff, e.g. IPv6 sockets, functional
deques, and continuation monads— I have to disagree. (And no, I'm not
at all bummed that nobody cares about my puny library. If you like
Extlib, then keep using it.)
A vibrant community of people outside INRIA developing independent
[even mutually-incompatible] extensions to the distribution libraries
is in *everybody's* interest. It serves as proof of the success of
Projet Cristal that the community of users of its language is growing.
Contention among providers of foundation library code is to be
expected— even celebrated. Better news still would be an open market,
holding a plethora of mutually incompatible *closed-source* library
modules. That would be the *real* indication that INRIA has gotten its
euros worth in research spending.
Vive la fragmentation!
--
j h woodyatt <jhw@wetware.com>
markets are only free to the people who own them.
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2004-04-23 18:51 John Goerzen
2004-04-23 19:52 ` Kenneth Knowles
2004-04-23 20:09 ` Alexander V. Voinov
2004-04-23 20:27 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-23 20:23 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-23 20:36 ` Maxence Guesdon
2004-04-23 21:10 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-23 21:12 ` Maxence Guesdon
2004-04-23 21:18 ` Maxence Guesdon
2004-04-23 21:32 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-23 21:46 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-23 21:58 ` Maxence Guesdon
2004-04-24 8:15 ` Matthieu BRUCHER
2004-04-24 8:15 ` Maxence Guesdon
2004-04-23 21:36 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-23 21:33 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-23 22:04 ` Alain.Frisch
2004-04-24 4:26 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-24 8:13 ` Alain.Frisch
2004-04-24 9:28 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-25 8:56 ` Common IO structure (was Re: [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library) Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-25 11:54 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2004-04-26 14:53 ` [Caml-list] Re: Common IO structure Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-26 21:02 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2004-04-25 19:42 ` Common IO structure (was Re: [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library) Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-26 13:16 ` [Caml-list] Re: Common IO structure Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-26 13:53 ` Jacques GARRIGUE
2004-04-26 14:26 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-28 6:52 ` Jacques GARRIGUE
2004-04-26 14:23 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-26 14:55 ` skaller
2004-04-26 15:26 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-26 19:28 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-26 20:56 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2004-04-26 21:14 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-26 22:32 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2004-04-26 21:52 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-27 16:00 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-27 21:51 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2004-04-27 19:08 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-27 22:22 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2004-04-28 7:42 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-29 10:13 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-27 15:43 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-27 16:17 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-27 16:58 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-27 23:35 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-28 3:44 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-28 13:01 ` Richard Jones
2004-04-28 21:30 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-28 21:44 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-28 22:41 ` Richard Jones
2004-04-29 11:51 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-29 12:03 ` Richard Jones
2004-04-29 15:16 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-29 10:27 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-29 13:03 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-29 13:40 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-29 14:02 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-29 15:31 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-29 17:31 ` james woodyatt
2004-04-29 23:53 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-30 4:10 ` james woodyatt
2004-04-29 11:23 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-29 12:23 ` Richard Jones
2004-04-29 15:10 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-29 15:35 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-29 15:46 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-29 15:58 ` Richard Jones
2004-04-29 20:41 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-29 22:35 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-05-01 14:37 ` Brian Hurt
2004-04-29 13:23 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-29 14:12 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-29 15:37 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-28 7:05 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-28 0:20 ` skaller
2004-04-28 3:39 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-28 13:04 ` Richard Jones
2004-04-24 9:40 ` [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library Oliver Bandel
2004-04-23 22:54 ` Henri DF
2004-04-23 23:11 ` Shawn Wagner
2004-04-25 6:55 ` james woodyatt [this message]
2004-04-25 7:56 ` Brandon J. Van Every
2004-04-25 11:50 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-25 13:55 ` skaller
2004-04-26 12:08 ` Martin Berger
2004-04-26 12:51 ` skaller
2004-04-26 14:49 ` skaller
2004-04-28 4:31 ` Brian Hurt
2004-04-28 5:13 ` Jon Harrop
2004-04-28 8:37 ` skaller
2004-04-28 9:18 ` Jon Harrop
2004-04-28 11:24 ` skaller
2004-04-28 15:18 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-28 16:28 ` skaller
2004-04-28 18:02 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-29 0:54 ` skaller
2004-04-29 11:57 ` Andreas Rossberg
2004-04-29 13:38 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-28 18:42 ` Jon Harrop
2004-04-29 1:03 ` skaller
2004-04-29 1:56 ` Jon Harrop
2004-04-29 2:35 ` skaller
2004-04-29 3:00 ` skaller
2004-04-29 5:04 ` Jon Harrop
2004-04-29 5:38 ` skaller
2004-04-29 5:47 ` james woodyatt
2004-04-29 12:05 ` Andreas Rossberg
2004-04-28 17:07 ` james woodyatt
2004-04-28 17:31 ` skaller
2004-05-03 0:02 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-05-03 7:54 ` skaller
2004-05-03 8:58 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-05-03 10:58 ` skaller
2004-05-03 12:40 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-05-03 13:04 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-05-03 14:24 ` brogoff
2004-05-03 15:26 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-05-03 15:08 ` skaller
2004-05-03 16:00 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-05-03 11:32 ` [Caml-list] Re: Tail-calls in C code (was: [ANN] The Missing Library) Wolfgang Lux
2004-05-03 12:34 ` skaller
2004-05-03 12:38 ` skaller
2004-05-03 12:55 ` skaller
2004-05-03 13:02 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2004-04-28 15:15 ` [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library John Goerzen
2004-04-28 20:43 ` Jon Harrop
2004-04-30 15:58 ` Brian Hurt
2004-05-01 2:48 ` skaller
2004-04-28 8:24 ` skaller
2004-04-28 8:42 ` Martin Berger
2004-04-28 11:38 ` skaller
2004-04-28 16:07 ` [Caml-list] " Shivkumar Chandrasekaran
2004-04-28 11:31 ` [Caml-list] " Yaron M. Minsky
2004-04-28 12:09 ` skaller
2004-04-28 12:36 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-28 13:39 ` skaller
2004-04-28 14:02 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-28 15:34 ` skaller
2004-04-28 13:15 ` Jean-Christophe Filliatre
2004-04-28 14:31 ` skaller
2004-04-28 14:40 ` Jean-Christophe Filliatre
2004-04-28 15:51 ` skaller
2004-04-28 13:29 ` Andreas Rossberg
2004-04-28 16:10 ` [Caml-list] " Shivkumar Chandrasekaran
2004-04-28 17:14 ` skaller
2004-04-28 17:34 ` Shivkumar Chandrasekaran
2004-04-28 20:00 ` Jon Harrop
2004-04-25 12:20 ` [Caml-list] " Benjamin Geer
2004-04-25 14:06 ` skaller
2004-04-25 15:07 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-26 0:19 ` skaller
2004-04-23 22:08 ` Basile STARYNKEVITCH
2004-04-24 4:40 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-24 10:10 ` Oliver Bandel
2004-04-24 19:31 ` skaller
2004-04-23 20:54 ` Kenneth Knowles
2004-04-23 21:07 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-25 15:43 ` Brian Hurt
2004-04-26 0:22 ` skaller
2004-04-28 4:10 ` Brian Hurt
2004-04-26 6:48 ` Florian Hars
2004-04-23 20:41 ` Eric C. Cooper
2004-04-23 21:16 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-23 22:28 ` Shawn Wagner
2004-04-23 22:37 ` Kenneth Knowles
2004-04-23 23:16 ` Shawn Wagner
2004-04-24 1:38 ` [Caml-list] ocamlopt -pack portability John Carr
2004-04-24 10:31 ` Oliver Bandel
2004-04-24 16:53 ` John Carr
2004-04-24 4:46 ` [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library John Goerzen
2004-04-24 2:43 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-24 9:19 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-24 12:27 ` Shawn Wagner
2004-04-24 12:58 ` Alain.Frisch
2004-04-24 17:36 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2004-04-26 14:49 ` Florian Hars
2004-04-24 2:44 ` Yamagata Yoriyuki
2004-04-24 4:51 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-24 5:11 ` Jon Harrop
2004-04-24 12:59 ` Proposal: community standard library project (was: Re: [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library) Benjamin Geer
2004-04-24 17:29 ` [Caml-list] RE: Proposal: community standard library project Brandon J. Van Every
2004-04-24 18:23 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-25 4:37 ` Brandon J. Van Every
2004-04-26 1:45 ` [Caml-list] " Jacques GARRIGUE
2004-04-26 3:03 ` Brandon J. Van Every
2004-04-26 7:43 ` Martin Jambon
2004-04-26 18:25 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-04-26 19:37 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2004-04-26 20:24 ` skaller
2004-04-26 20:39 ` John Goerzen
2004-04-26 22:17 ` Brandon J. Van Every
2004-04-27 9:06 ` skaller
2004-04-27 9:35 ` Alain.Frisch
2004-04-27 11:29 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2004-04-27 12:52 ` skaller
2004-04-27 18:13 ` [Caml-list] CVS labeling (was Re: Proposal: community standard library project) Brandon J. Van Every
2004-04-27 18:53 ` John Goerzen
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