From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1526BDDB for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2005 08:07:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp2.syd.swiftdsl.com.au ([218.214.225.98]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with SMTP id j8367LLV005520 for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2005 08:07:23 +0200 Received: (qmail 21756 invoked from network); 3 Sep 2005 06:07:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO coltrane.mega-nerd.net) (218.214.64.136) by smtp2.syd.swiftdsl.com.au with SMTP; 3 Sep 2005 06:07:07 -0000 Received: from coltrane (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by coltrane.mega-nerd.net (Postfix) with SMTP id D630C7B91 for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2005 16:06:56 +1000 (EST) Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 16:06:56 +1000 From: Erik de Castro Lopo To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] The Caml morale crasher #1 Message-Id: <20050903160656.3d2c9ca8.ocaml-erikd@mega-nerd.com> In-Reply-To: <007f01c5af12$c10db3e0$bbe6f8c1@oemcomputer> References: <007f01c5af12$c10db3e0$bbe6f8c1@oemcomputer> Organization: Erik Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 43193D99.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 damien:01 ocaml:01 lambdas:01 nospam:98 wrote:01 caml:02 smalltalk:03 erik:04 erik:04 9000:94 translation:07 jump:08 disagrees:09 similar:10 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 Damien Guichard wrote: > Hi all, > > Do you remember the Smalltalk "morale crasher #1" ? > > http://www.bytesmiths.com/Publications/9701ArchitectsVersusCoders.html > > A similar story happened to me. > > When annoucing an OCaml project on a public forum i have been > advised to renunce lambdas because it would impede translation > to "a less obscure, more popular language". Since you are writing the code, you get to choose the language and the features you wish to use. You also get to tell anyone who disagrees to go jump :-). Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo nospam@mega-nerd.com (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "I ran it on my DeathStation 9000 and demons flew out of my nose." --Kaz