From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: weis Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id LAA17401 for caml-redistribution; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:49:11 +0100 (MET) 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 VAA23676 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:16:48 +0100 (MET) Received: from shell5.ba.best.com (shell5.ba.best.com [206.184.139.136]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA24584; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:16:45 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (bpr@localhost) by shell5.ba.best.com (8.9.3/8.9.2/best.sh) with ESMTP id MAA01557; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:16:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:16:43 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Rogoff To: Jacques Garrigue cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: How do I .. In-Reply-To: <19991220120636F.garrigue@pauillac.inria.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: weis On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Jacques Garrigue wrote: > From: Brian Rogoff > > > > I hope this modern/classic mode distinction is just a temporary thing. > > As to the existence of two modes, I expect it to stay around for a bit > longer. > > Clearly, there are supporters for both styles. Those who may like to > put some labels in their interfaces, but do not want to have to put > labels in every line of code, and those who value the extra expressive > power of doing so. I understand that people will have different preferences, but supporting two syntaxes has severe disadvantages. As an interim approach it is OK but it will be harder for beginners and may split the users development efforts. I understand the arguments for both styles, so I haven't yet decided what I'll do. Since I'm pretty tolerant of verbosity (Ada user:-) I'll probably try to exclusively use the modern mode. -- Brian