From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id UAA22412; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:18:52 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA22683 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:18:51 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail2.tpgi.com.au (mail.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.58]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hAHJIm120265; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:18:48 +0100 (MET) Received: from 203-219-234-160-syd-ts25-2600.tpgi.com.au (203-219-234-160-syd-ts25-2600.tpgi.com.au [203.219.234.160]) by mail2.tpgi.com.au (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAHJIi1I014027; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 06:18:44 +1100 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] GC and file descriptors From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@ozemail.com.au To: Damien Doligez Cc: Caml Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20332275-1909-11D8-8941-00039310CAE8@inria.fr> References: <20332275-1909-11D8-8941-00039310CAE8@inria.fr> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1069093087.17437.61.camel@pelican> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 18 Nov 2003 05:18:07 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Kaspersky-Antivirus: Passed X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ozemail:01 damien:01 raffalli:01 sloppy:01 christophe:01 descriptors:01 doligez:01 lazy:02 lazy:02 wrote:03 wrote:03 subtle:06 programming:07 14,:08 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 01:19, Damien Doligez wrote: > On Friday, November 14, 2003, at 03:57 PM, Christophe Raffalli wrote: > In my opinion, doing it automatically would only encourage sloppy > programming by hiding errors in a non-deterministic way. Perhaps. But we *want* to encourage a closely related kind: the lazy programmer. Lazy is good. It's what machines are *for*. I do agree with you but the distinction is subtle. ------------------- 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