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replacing Mathematica was: Polymorphic pretty printing

HENRIKSON, JEFFREY
- skaller
- Andrej Bauer
  - Christophe TROESTLER
    - Andrej Bauer
      - Christophe TROESTLER
    - Jon Harrop
      - Christophe TROESTLER

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From:	skaller <skaller@u...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] replacing Mathematica was: Polymorphic pretty printing

On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 05:15, HENRIKSON, JEFFREY wrote:

> > I'm curious why people want to use these kinds of routines. What does 
> > printf style mini-language printing have to offer compared to just
> using 
> > plain old Ocaml functions?
> 
> Sounds like Skaller doesn't like toplevels.  Fine with me.  I like them.

I don't dislike them -- I think it is more that I'm
not using them heavily, and didn't really understand the
need for pretty printing .. I do now. 

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