a separate configuration language Richard Kelsey (23 Feb 1999 01:31 UTC)
Re: a separate configuration language sperber@xxxxxx (26 Feb 1999 14:17 UTC)
Re: a separate configuration language Richard Kelsey (26 Feb 1999 16:37 UTC)
Re: a separate configuration language sperber@xxxxxx (26 Feb 1999 16:52 UTC)
Re: a separate configuration language Richard Kelsey (26 Feb 1999 20:00 UTC)
Re: a separate configuration language sperber@xxxxxx (28 Feb 1999 09:18 UTC)
Re: a separate configuration language sperber@xxxxxx (01 Mar 1999 15:47 UTC)
Re: a separate configuration language Lars Thomas Hansen (01 Mar 1999 16:03 UTC)

Re: a separate configuration language Lars Thomas Hansen 01 Mar 1999 16:03 UTC

>   To demonstrate the utility of the conditional construct, consider the
>   following example:

This does not seem like a very compelling example, because it is so
abstract.  So far, it seems that this proposal is sacrificing the
principle of least surprise to something of undemonstrated utility.

I think the proposal would be more interesting if you could exhibit
either a couple of very compelling concrete example or at least a
half-dozen moderately interesting examples, where the utility of letting
the implementation choose is "obvious" and "significant".  In each case
it should be plausible that the implementation can reasonably be
expected to be able to make the right choice.

--lars