Re: What is SF-ExtLib exactly?

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



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