From: "Brandon J. Van Every" <vanevery@indiegamedesign.com>
To: "caml" <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: [Caml-list] RE: Proposal: community standard library project
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:29:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <OOEALCJCKEBJBIJHCNJDIEGPHBAB.vanevery@indiegamedesign.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <408A64CB.40500@socialtools.net>
Benjamin Geer wrote:
>
> * No duplicate or incompatible functionality would be allowed
> in each functional area. People would have to cooperate
> to make their stuff work together.
"No incompatible functionality" is easy to agree upon.
I don't easily swallow "no duplicate functionality," however. Libraries
have to prove their worth in the field somehow. I would rather see
various libraries compete by free market mechanism, until for a given
set of tasks, one is clearly 'de facto' better than another. i.e. is
better maintained, is revved more frequently or usefully, etc. If you
make some kind of a priori announcement on what the 'standard
functionality' is going to be, that's pretty much historical accident of
which committee people were awake and functioning at the time. I would
rather see 2 different GUI libraries battle it out in the real world.
Or 2 different wrappers for the same GUI library battle it out. I don't
trust design-by-committee.
That said, I don't think *gratuitous* duplication is adviseable. I
don't want 2 different libraries with different words for exactly the
same functions.
It all depends on the granularity at which you define the word
'duplicate'.
Cheers, www.indiegamedesign.com
Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA
"We live in a world of very bright people building
crappy software with total shit for tools and process."
- Ed Mckenzie
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2004-04-23 18:51 [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library 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
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 ` Brandon J. Van Every [this message]
2004-04-24 18:23 ` [Caml-list] RE: Proposal: community standard library project 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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