Re: GHC/Hugs Status (was Re: simple interface to web?)

[Simon L Peyton Jones]

> etc... all seem to be things that are waiting 'till Haskell 2.  My
> point was that _something_ should be in Standard Haskell.  The features
> you mention are likely to help when writing a better network library,
> but let's not get distracted from the option of including something
> straightforward in the standard.

I hadn't realised that your suggestion was a propos of Standard
Haskell.

I'm pretty leery about trying to agree any new libraries at this
stage, unless someone comes up with a worked-out, and implemented,
specification pretty quickly.  The name of the Std Haskell game
is rapid closure.  There are just tons of things that 'ought'
to be in it that aren't going to be.

Simon