On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:32:37AM -0000, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
Elements of the consensus (your section 2) seem to be
* Cross-platform portability is very important, meaning: the same Haskell program should run on many platforms ... * The implementation technology (i.e. which underlying library is used) is not part of the specification. Indeed, it's a goal that the specification should constrain the implementation technology as little as possible. Specifically:
(a) the specification should be such that it is possible to implement the spec with native look and feel ...
In the discussion, I saw considerable concern that these two goals might be incompatible, that it's not possible to provide really good native look and feel on multiple platforms. To address this, I saw this point being mentioned: * The specification should be extensible, so that non-portable Haskell programs can provide better native look and feel. Best, Dylan Thurston