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 HAA10520; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:32:57 +0100 (MET) 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 HAA11869 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:32:55 +0100 (MET) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from wetware.com (wetware.wetware.com [199.108.16.1]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2B6XDKW017556 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:33:14 +0100 Received: from [208.177.152.18] (helo=[10.0.1.7]) by wetware.com with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1B1JkK-00028U-FH; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 22:32:44 -0800 In-Reply-To: <1078976542.2452.106.camel@pelican.wigram> References: <51FE3429-7219-11D8-8BF5-000393914EAA@atcorp.com> <1078888018.2452.52.camel@pelican.wigram> <87hdww4tc9.fsf@aka.i.naked.iki.fi> <1078976542.2452.106.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v612) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: skaller@users.sourceforge.net From: james woodyatt Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Bug with really_input under cygwin Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 22:32:42 -0800 To: The Trade X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.612) X-Miltered: at nez-perce by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; woodyatt:01 jhw:01 wetware:01 caml-list:01 bug:01 cygwin:01 non-portable:01 brothers:99 retaining:01 era:99 woodyatt:01 jhw:01 wetware:01 labelled:01 face:98 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 113 On 10 Mar 2004, at 19:42, skaller wrote: > > As long as these kinds of comments are labelled as 'rants' people will=20= > continue to write non-portable software and fail to face up to the=20 > issues. Can I get an "Amen!" brothers and sisters. And while we are categorizing difficulties handling text that too many=20= people are unwilling to face realistically, can we bring up the=20 constellation of issues revolving around lexicographical comparisons? Text comparison (sorting), parsing and matching can be a royal pain in=20= the rear end if you're trying to maintain localization capabilities. =20 We all desperately need to pay more attention to localization=97=20 especially if we are committed to retaining our cultural affinity for=20 dead and dying natural languages in the digital era. --=20 j h woodyatt markets are only free to the people who own them.= ------------------- 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