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

[Miguel Mitrofanov]

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

> Miguel Mitrofanov <miguelimo38 at yandex.ru> writes:
>
>> 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).

>> 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.