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| Date: | -- (:) |
| From: | Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@u...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Wanted: your feedback on the hierarchy of OCaml Batteries Included |
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:32:31PM +0000, Richard Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 01:15:39PM +0100, David Teller wrote:
> > Do you see any better way of managing the complexity of all this?
>
> I'm still not getting where the benefit of having this hierarchy is,
> except that it adds a Java-like complexity and will create
> hard-to-manage churn if a module ever moves.
Regarding the advantages see my previous post, where I put some
motivations. Regarding the difficulties of moving modules around, how
harder is than moving a module around when you have no hierarchy?
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