Re: the MPTC Dilemma (please solve)

My personal opinion is that while a delay might resolve this particular dilemma, I don't see a delay as preventing *future* dilemmas along the same lines. As long as Haskell implementations actively experiment with the language (and I don't think this is something we'd want to discourage) I'd expect that there would always be features that people find highly useful that aren't straightforward to standardize for one reason or another. And given the volume of extensions most "real-world" Haskell programs are using today, I think there's plenty worth standardizing regardless of how things are resolved with this particular dilemma. - Ravi P.S. I suppose this is also an argument for some sort of "extension-blessing" mechanism. If we're expecting a future in which a thousand more extensions will bloom, it seems like a good idea to create some mechanism for implementers and users to manage that complexity. Jim Apple wrote:

On 2/10/06, isaac jones wrote:

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Without a solution, Haskell' will be somewhat obsolete before it gets off the ground.

This seems to be a serious stumbling block - has there been thought of delay? Would it be worth it to wait a couple of years if doing so would get this right?

Jim