Hi,

> I've seen so far, that there are at least 2 version of syntax exists.
> My only question is: why has ocaml different syntax than standard ML at
> the places, where ocaml is not more efficient.
> Eg. it is the same as writing => and ->.
> Sometimes SML solution is shorter.
> Records in ocaml is not optimal. From a record creation, the type should
> be obvious, so labels can be reused in different type of records. And
> there is the let ... in ... end (Ada like) construct, which can be used
> to avoid ambiguity, (My opinion, that it should be used in try ... with
> ... end and match ... end constructs, but forget it, uniform syntax may
> be a more important point...) not talking about pattern matching in
> function heads...
> 
> Gergo
> 
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Read the FAQ:

http://pauillac.inria.fr/caml/FAQ/FAQ_EXPERT-eng.html#sml

The answer to the question

 Why is the syntax of Caml different from SML's one ?

should be relevant to your concern.

Let me know if this is not clear enough for your taste.

Regards,

Pierre Weis

INRIA, Projet Cristal, Pierre.Weis@inria.fr, http://pauillac.inria.fr/~weis/


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