From: Nicolas C. <war...@fr...> - 2004-04-27 14:51:49
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> > > I don't believe in this model: software is living, it has sometimes to be > > > rewritten or corrected. > > > > Now, you've lost me... nobody said anything about > > rewriting or even "correcting" ocaml itself. > > I was talking about extlib: if it is included in INRIA's distribution and > used by the compilers, at least someone at INRIA must check the quality of > extlib. > > In this message, Xavier Leroy gave his point of view: > http://caml.inria.fr/archives/200403/msg00171.html To put it clear : we're not excepting in any way ExtLib to be included into Ocaml distribution, we are just wishing it will be, but that's not current INRIA politics. In the future, and if ExtLib is widely used by the OCaml users, it might be packaged with OCaml or told as "you should definitly use that, you beginner". > So, what makes you better than them? What additional power do you have? ExtLib is not experimental either. It really works ! and have some advanced concepts that are making it better - I think - than other libs around. Mainly because most of the libs are the work of one people alone for his own needs, without thinking about the community of users. If you ask me why we're better I would say : - good experience with Ocaml (including "inside-the-box" such as low-level accesses or functors perfs) - an open process where everybody is welcome to post codes and comments Regards, Nicolas Cannasse |