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 DAA25870; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 03:49:06 +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 DAA23885 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 03:49:05 +0100 (MET) Received: from c016.snv.cp.net (c016-h011.c016.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.189]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id g152n4X03330 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 03:49:04 +0100 (MET) Received: (cpmta 11878 invoked from network); 4 Feb 2002 18:49:02 -0800 Date: 4 Feb 2002 18:49:02 -0800 Message-ID: <20020205024902.11877.cpmta@c016.snv.cp.net> X-Sent: 5 Feb 2002 02:49:02 GMT Received: from [200.83.71.39] by mail.altavista.com with HTTP; 04 Feb 2002 18:49:02 PST Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Mime-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr From: Arturo Borquez X-Mailer: Web Mail 3.9.3.5 X-Sent-From: aborquez@altavista.com Subject: Re: [Caml-list] syntax change (was: camlp4o problem) Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Hi, Reading this thread I don't understand why Camlp4 and Daniel revised syntax would be a sort of evil. I have ported all my projects to revised syntax without any trouble. Where is the problem coding in different syntaxs? as I understand anyone can use both either. Learning OCaml is not related to syntax, it is much harder for a programer to understand FP when he(she) has several years of C/C++/Java. If the OCaml team decides a change it is better to do this earlier as the language is still used by a reduced comunity. All things evolves why OCaml not?. The fact that OCaml isn't widely spread is more realted to the ignorance, 'lambd effect', hype, FUD or whatever promoted by the big power of companies who dominates the industry (M$ SUN IBM) today. OCaml has enough merits to become a mainstream language (as Haskell) but it isn't yet, so why not explore meanwhile? Find the best deals on the web at AltaVista Shopping! http://www.shopping.altavista.com ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr