At 11:10 PM 8/4/00 -0400, John Tobey wrote:
>Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Don't sweat the internals for this. Figure out whether its a good or bad
> > thing based on the language merits, not the internals issues.
>
>Well, I hold that it is a good idea based on language merits, for the
>reasons stated. I hope, too, that we language purists (*cough*) don't
>completely lose sight of the interests of compilers.
True, true, watching out for what can be done is very useful (sez the man
whose mailbox is about to explode--I'm glad I added that 15G drive to my
mail machine *before* the p6 development effort took off...:) but I'd
rather the emphasis be on what folks want. There's very little we can't do,
really, and while I don't mind folks making my life easier it's OK if it
isn't if it gets significantly useful features out there.
I trust Larry to choose sensibly, so I'm not worried.
Dan
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