Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: ANNOUNCE: Utrecht Haskell Compiler (UHC) -- first release

On 22 Apr 2009, at 13:07, Jon Fairbairn wrote:

Miguel Mitrofanov writes:

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Well, the problem is that every implementor does choose a subset of standart to implement.

That's what I'm complaining about.

And that's exactly what you (or anybody else) can't do anything about (thank God for that).

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It's much worse in JavaScript - essential features working differently in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Safari, and sometimes they even differ between versions; Web programmers still manage.

Strange example to choose. Have you any idea how much time is wasted because of the implementation differences in JavaScript?

Actually, I have a pretty good idea - I've used to be a Web programmer. Surprisingly, not much.

It's arrogant and disrespectful on the part of the implementors to say that they know better than the committee what features should be part of the language.

It's arrogant and disrespectful on the part of the committee to say that they know better than the implementors what features should they implement.