Message-Id: <199908281951.PAA18613@sarg.Ryerson.CA>
To: Andreas Rossberg <rossberg@ps.uni-sb.de>
Subject: Re: convincing management to switch to Ocaml
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 15:51:42 -0400
From: Dave Mason <dmason@sarg.Ryerson.CA>
>>>>> On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:00:34 +0200, Andreas Rossberg <rossberg@ps.uni-sb.de> said:
>[many things I agree with!]
> A document defining the language more formally than the user manual
> would definitely be a good thing. If a standard is needed then one
> has to stick to Standard ML for now, I'm afraid.
Would it really be beyond a Master's student working under Xavier (or
other CAML guru) to translate the SML formal spec into a CAML formal
spec? Or at least a PhD student.
I think it would be a Very Good Thing! (And would make the semantic
differences between the languages very explicit.)
../Dave
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