[Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC survey results

2005-06-29 Thread Ketil Malde
Jim Apple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > robert dockins wrote: >>> Why remove a feature from a product? Why not, instead, just choose >>> to not use it? >> Because the feature complicates the product, increases maintainance >> costs, and keeps the maintainers from working on other things people >

[Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC survey results

2005-06-29 Thread Dinko Tenev
On 6/28/05, Jim Apple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some people would like features removed (implicit parameters was mentioned > > a couple of times). Linear implicit parameters is a clear candidate for > > removal. > > I don't understand the motivation for this. Implicit parameters do weird >

[Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC survey results

2005-06-28 Thread John Meacham
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 11:30:04AM -0400, Jim Apple wrote: > > Some people would like features removed (implicit parameters was > > mentioned a couple of times). Linear implicit parameters is a clear > > candidate for removal. > > I don't understand the motivation for this. Implicit parameters d