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Re: [Caml-list] Future of labels
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Date: | 2001-04-09 (15:21) |
From: | John Max Skaller <skaller@o...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Future of labels, and ideas for library labelling |
Chris Hecker wrote: > I also feel (like Patrick) that there are more important things > (overloading, module recursion, generics) that need fixing than labeling right now. I beg to differ. The current status is the result of an incomplete merger of two communities, who have agreed to use a common tool (ocaml with two modes) to unify the ocaml development environment and provide a vehicle for experiments leading to further unification of the language. The next step is surely to further unify our efforts, by eliminating the duality in the languages that shared tool processes. It is OK, IMHO, to introduce a duality in the libraries to do this. Now the theoreticians and implementors can focus their attention better. The next step is to eliminate the duality in the libraries. This will probably require some cleanups in the core language, as well as some willingness for users to migrate. It is likely there will be a further cleanup. So we have done step 1 of a four (4) step process. I've always thought finishing a job was a sensible high priority. -- John (Max) Skaller, mailto:skaller@maxtal.com.au 10/1 Toxteth Rd Glebe NSW 2037 Australia voice: 61-2-9660-0850 checkout Vyper http://Vyper.sourceforge.net download Interscript http://Interscript.sourceforge.net ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr. Archives: http://caml.inria.fr