From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA29566; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:24:59 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id JAA29545 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:24:58 +0100 (MET) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA22121 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:44:37 +0100 (MET) Received: from tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net (tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net [207.108.112.1]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id fB2HiY128454 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:44:35 +0100 (MET) Received: (qmail 43621 invoked by uid 50); 2 Dec 2001 17:44:33 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-caml-list@inria.fr@fixme Received: (qmail 43601 invoked by uid 0); 2 Dec 2001 17:44:33 -0000 Received: from 216-161-147-22.customers.uswest.net (HELO dylan) (216.161.147.22) by tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net with SMTP; 2 Dec 2001 17:44:33 -0000 Message-ID: <000a01c17b59$1fca1e10$210148bf@dylan> From: "David McClain" To: References: <20011202154248.A9402259C3@suburbia.net> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: SysThreads and DLL's Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 10:45:25 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Julian Assange wrote: > > But, does the unsuspecting maintenance programmer know OCaml? > Ah, well... you have found the Achilles' heel of the situation... In all likelihood, after all is said and done, that maintenance programmer will probably continue to be me. So at the very least I will have translated all that C/C++ gobledygook into something a bit more comprehensible for the next time I have to look at it. I can simplify the coding by 6x, but the overall architecture and data structure concepts are still well beyond what most "maintenance" programmers would be able to comprehend. Of course, I have the never ending uphill battle against the sea off (K&R) C programmers around me. They haven't yet embraced C++ (just to mention how far behind they are, not that they ought to), and Perl is the brave new world for many. You can bet there will be a hew and cry when I mention either of OCaml or Lisp... Cheers, - DM ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr