Don Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And it reminds me to release the galois sqlite3 bindings, which do > happily work with 6.8. Surely one of the other 15 haskell db bindings > would also work.
I think this is the problem, not the solution. There is a lot of DB libraries, just like there are a multitude of XML libraries, several collections, etc. Too many libraries are written as research projects or by grad students, and left to rot after release. The fragmentation also means that few libraries see any extensive testing - I was a bit surprised that apparently none of the XML libraries can handle files larger than a few megabytes, for instance. You're probably right that one of them would work, but especially new users will have no way of knowing which one. Only after the user has given up do people post similar experiences. This is getting better, of course - hackage will grow usage and activity statistics and perhaps ratings, the wiki will be extended with recommendations, more people will get involved in development. But at the moment, this is a problem. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe