Hello Simon, Friday, May 12, 2006, 8:05:25 PM, you wrote:
> My suggestion is this: > * Specify MPTCs in the main language > * Specify FDs in an Appendix (with some reasonably conservative > interpretation of FDs). > * A Haskell' implementation should implement the Appendix, and > programmers can write programs against it. But > we are advertising specifically that we aren't sure, one way > or the other, whether FDs will stay in the language for ever i agree with that and even feel that this proposal reflect viewpoint of most of us (of course, i may be wrong). moreover, my own proposal is essentially the same, only from practical viewpoint - use FDs today but be ready to reimplement these libs several years later using some new extension. so the developer will decide whether he prefer to have maximum features or maximum compatibility moreover, i think that idea of Appendixes can be used to allow many other extensions be somewhat standard but not required in each and every compiler. this includes GADT, concurrency, TH, TRex and many other things -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org//mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
