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 TAA27910; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:50:29 +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 TAA19792 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:50:28 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from grace.speakeasy.org (grace.speakeasy.org [216.254.0.2]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id h3SHoRT27917 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:50:27 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (qmail 11264 invoked by uid 36130); 28 Apr 2003 17:50:25 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 28 Apr 2003 17:50:25 -0000 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:50:25 -0700 (PDT) From: brogoff@speakeasy.net To: "caml-list@inria.fr" Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Easy solution in OCaml? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam: no; 0.00; brogoff:01 caml-list:01 expr:01 measly:99 haskell:01 get's:01 quarterly:99 ocaml:01 speakeasy:01 syntax:02 lazy:02 flame:02 nested:02 revised:03 wrote:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Brian Hurt wrote: > On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 brogoff@speakeasy.net wrote: > > But it is not "if then else ", it is > > "if " which is what people are complaining > > about when they say there is no if-then-else in Clean. > > > > They're complaining about 2 extra keywords? Have you tried writing an if then else sequence nested at two or three deep in both styles? Perhaps the question could go back to the Clean designers too. Why are they worried about two measly keywords? My evil twin suggests that it's the well known Dutch frugality at work. I suspect that since Clean is lazy and was originally a lower level language, they just didn't include it. I agree with Markus that if-then-else is nicer to read. Haskell get's this one right over Clean. I think it's a great pity that ddr felt he had to leave, since the quarterly OCaml syntax flame can naturally evolve into a revised discussion. Oh well... -- Brian ------------------- 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