On Aug 31, 2009, at 14:24 , Phil Dawes wrote: > Nothing to do with design, but one thing that Factor did really well > was > bundle contributed libraries with the main download. This encourages > people to create and maintain libraries where they otherwise might not > have done.
Hmm, GHC did this, too, in the beginning. The "batteries included" scheme broke down when critical mass was reached: more and more libraries, not all of which would pass QA (with release impediments), and more Haskell implementations becoming available. OTOH, it appears to work for python and ruby... -- Cheers, Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
