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 JAA16216; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 09:48:17 +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 JAA16489 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 09:48:16 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from outbound20-2.nyc.untd.com (vlan1-1.bigip2.nyc.untd.com [64.136.20.160]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i3P7mEjq022854 for ; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 09:48:15 +0200 Received: from outbound20-2.nyc.untd.com (smtp01.nyc.untd.com [10.140.24.121]) by smtpout01.nyc.untd.com with SMTP id AABAJY5KYAF2NNSA for (sender ); Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:48:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 19210 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2004 07:47:12 -0000 Received: from dsc04-sei-wa-199-182-70-23.rasserver.net (HELO vangogh) (199.182.70.23) by smtp01.nyc.untd.com with SMTP; 25 Apr 2004 07:47:12 -0000 From: "Brandon J. Van Every" To: "caml" Subject: RE: [Caml-list] [ANN] The Missing Library Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:56:17 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <93448C92-9685-11D8-891D-000A958FF2FE@wetware.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal X-ContentStamp: 10:5:3589337883 X-MAIL-INFO: 192be34e83e34e3f9a4e5a9b3af73bbb5a9fbb5aaff35a13be6a17 X-UNTD-OriginStamp: CI84cOLHFqh7Zd2QWkwvEFvwyO3T/pIsPQZphDk9MRjX5qAM7thHC2tbNlwFUqUd 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; brandon:99 caml-list:01 woodyatt:01 incompatible:01 brandon:99 seattle:99 crappy:01 2004:99 ocaml:01 modules:02 library:03 library:03 certified:94 news:94 providers:94 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk james woodyatt > > 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! Yeah, but C does have a standard library, so let's not overplay the value of fragmentation. Let's ask instead: is there any OCaml library that right now, should uncontroversially be part of a standard? If not, a collection of 2 or 3 candidate libraries that should be groomed for standard? I liked Ben's comment about how the Linux people handle it, this notion of an interim period of deciding what's adviseable to keep. 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 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.643 / Virus Database: 411 - Release Date: 3/25/2004 ------------------- 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