From: skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net>
To: "HENRIKSON, JEFFREY" <JEFHEN@SAFECO.com>
Cc: Andrej Bauer <Andrej.Bauer@andrej.com>, caml-list <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] replacing Mathematica was: Polymorphic pretty printing
Date: 28 Oct 2004 15:30:44 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1098941443.7061.138.camel@pelican.wigram> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9410EC84C0872141B27A2726613EF45D02A52DE0@psmrdcex01.psm.pin.safeco.com>
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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-28 5:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-27 19:15 HENRIKSON, JEFFREY
2004-10-28 5:30 ` skaller [this message]
2004-10-28 11:25 ` Andrej Bauer
2004-10-28 13:11 ` [Caml-list] " Christophe TROESTLER
2004-10-28 20:45 ` Andrej Bauer
2004-10-29 13:01 ` Christophe TROESTLER
2004-10-28 21:44 ` Jon Harrop
2004-10-29 13:11 ` Christophe TROESTLER
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