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Date: | 2004-09-15 (18:42) |
From: | William Lovas <wlovas@s...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Confused |
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 12:52:26AM +1000, skaller wrote: > Basically this syntax is a 'hack' used by language > designers, overloading related syntactic forms to avoid > introducing new keywords and to make the language > 'more intuitive' - which usually backfires on newbies > and even experts at times. I suspect it was inherited from the original ML -- O'Caml could easily fix this "problem" without introducing any new keywords, but i think the costs outweigh the potential benefits. cheers, William ------------------- 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