[E-Lang] Distress (was: the return of `return')

[Mark S. Miller]

At 02:13 PM Wednesday 6/20/01, Ken Kahn wrote:
>I recently read Guy Steele's "How to Grow a Language"
>(http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/wadler/steele-oopsla98.pdf ). Here's a
>relevant excerpt:

Thanks.  I just recently read it, and it's a really good paper.

>He argues pretty well for getting something out there quickly so long as you
>have a story about how it can grow and evolve. MarkM's long list of things
>that are more important than syntax shouldn't be a prerequisite for
>releasing version 1.0.

I agree.  I hadn't meant to imply they were all prerequisites for 1.0. But 
some of them are, and I stand by the statement that they are all more 
important than further futzing with the syntax.


        Cheers,
        --MarkM