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 JAA27558; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:11:31 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA27812 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:11:30 +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 DAA22465 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 03:01:16 +0100 (MET) Received: from sj1-3-4-9.securesites.net (sj1-3-4-9.securesites.net [192.220.127.202]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g1521EX02826 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 03:01:15 +0100 (MET) Received: (qmail 98226 invoked by uid 16863); 5 Feb 2002 02:01:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([192.220.65.223]) (envelope-sender ) by 192.220.65.223 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 5 Feb 2002 02:01:13 -0000 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 02:01:13 +0000 (GMT) From: Brian Rogoff To: Markus Mottl cc: Mattias Waldau , Subject: Re: [Caml-list] syntax change (was: camlp4o problem) In-Reply-To: <20020204201140.GA1705@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Markus Mottl wrote: > On Mon, 04 Feb 2002, Mattias Waldau wrote: > > So, I think we should encourage people to try the Camlp4-syntax > > and let people have their comments. If people comment into this > > mailing list, more people will look into it and maybe have their > > own opinion. > > This will probably not happen: there is just not enough incentive to > learn a new syntax which is unlikely to become widespread - because it > is non-standard. There is probably not enough incentive to learn a new language, like, say, OCaml, which is unlikely to become widespread, either. I guess my internal optimization wetware is badly broken ;-) If you want Revised to become popular, start writing all of your code in Revised. -- Brian ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr