Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] New module: fifo

[skaller <sk...@us...>]

On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 07:24, Brian Hurt wrote:
>  To what extent does a standard 
> library need to be a demonstration of the language?  My opinion, if it 
> hasn't been stated explicitly yet, is almost not at all. 

A 'standard' library implementation not only doesn't have to
demonstrate good coding style, it often cannot
be implemented in the language.

In ISO Standards terms, a programming language's
'standard' library is NOT a library, but rather
a part of the language itself which can be *described*
partly in terms of the core language.

Even if the library is implemented in the core language,
it can and usually does contain all sorts of quirks
related to the known performance properties of the
compiler it is designed for.

OTOH the *interface* should be beautiful

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