From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22942BC40 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:31:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i9S5VJb3020662 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:31:19 +0200 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA13311 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:31:19 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i9S5VG2F030760 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:31:18 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp217-99.lns1.syd3.internode.on.net [203.122.217.99]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9S5Ui4Y087131; Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:00:45 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] replacing Mathematica was: Polymorphic pretty printing From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: "HENRIKSON, JEFFREY" Cc: Andrej Bauer , caml-list In-Reply-To: <9410EC84C0872141B27A2726613EF45D02A52DE0@psmrdcex01.psm.pin.safeco.com> References: <9410EC84C0872141B27A2726613EF45D02A52DE0@psmrdcex01.psm.pin.safeco.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1098941443.7061.138.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 28 Oct 2004 15:30:44 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41808427.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41808424.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 replacing:01 sourceforge:01 henrikson:01 wrote:01 printf:01 ocaml:01 toplevels:01 glebe:01 061:98 polymorphic:01 nsw:01 functions:01 snail:02 2037:02 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: 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. -- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net voice: 061-2-9660-0850, snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Checkout the Felix programming language http://felix.sf.net