Re: [Haskell-cafe] What ever happened to Haskell 98 as a stablebranch?

2007-03-26 Thread Andrzej Jaworski
Haskell is rather a Darwinian sort of place. With whole respect. You need two components for evolution to work: the survival of the fitness and Generator Of Diversity (GOD). Now, Haskell attracts originality and easily accommodates changes but nobody burns tires in testing anything so that

Re: [Haskell-cafe] What ever happened to Haskell 98 as a stablebranch?

2007-03-26 Thread Daniel Fischer
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Andrzej Jaworski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: 26.03.07 15:00:47 An: Simon Peyton-Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org Betreff: Re: [Haskell-cafe] What ever happened to Haskell 98 as a stablebranch? Haskell is rather a Darwinian sort

RE: [Haskell-cafe] What ever happened to Haskell 98 as a stablebranch?

2007-03-26 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
- | From: Andrzej Jaworski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: 26 March 2007 14:02 | To: Simon Peyton-Jones | Cc: Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org | Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] What ever happened to Haskell 98 as a stablebranch? | | Haskell is rather a Darwinian sort of place. | | With whole respect. You need

Re: [Haskell-cafe] What ever happened to Haskell 98 as a stablebranch?

2007-03-26 Thread Andrzej Jaworski
Daniel Fischer has cared to inform me that: Diversity is generated by mutations. With due respect, but this is hardly a revelation. My point was that you need two competing components in relative balance to grow something meaningful. Cancer growth is based solely on mutation! Also I was not

Re: [Haskell-cafe] What ever happened to Haskell 98 as a stablebranch?

2007-03-26 Thread daniel . is . fischer
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Andrzej Jaworski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: 26.03.07 18:34:00 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [Haskell-cafe] What ever happened to Haskell 98 as a stablebranch? Hi, I apologize for mistakenly resending my answer to two lists. Well, I can

[Haskell-cafe] What ever happened to Haskell 98 as a stablebranch?

2007-03-26 Thread daniel . is . fischer
Accidentally sent to haskell@haskell.org instead of the cafe: Diversity is generated by mutations. This is hardly a revelation. It was, looong ago. My point was that you need two competing components in relative balance to grow something meaningful. And I'd think the Haskell community