From: Martin J. <mar...@em...> - 2004-04-27 13:18:21
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Bardur Arantsson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 08:45:02PM +0800, Martin Jambon wrote: > > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Bardur Arantsson wrote: > > > > > I just think of it a more experimental branch of > > > development for the ocaml standard library. > > > > > > If some extension/change from Extlib proves to be highly > > > useful to lots of developers, then it can be added to the > > > standard library when it has matured enough to be > > > considered stable enough for the "mainline" (which would > > > be the INRIA O'caml standard library). > > > > I am afraid that the people from INRIA are very satisfied with the > > quality of the current standard library, and will not accept any > > significant addition because they are not paid for writing libraries (and > > maybe not interested too). > > > > Nitpick: They wouldn't actually have to write the > libraries, they would already be written. So it wouldn't > cost them anything to include them. I don't believe in this model: software is living, it has sometimes to be rewritten or corrected. They will not accept this burden. Martin |