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 TAA23054; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:34:50 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA23558 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:34:49 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail3.tpgi.com.au (mail.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.59]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id i0TIYlP01701 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:34:47 +0100 (MET) Received: from 203-219-225-179-syd-ts24-2600.tpgi.com.au (203-219-225-179-syd-ts24-2600.tpgi.com.au [203.219.225.179]) by mail3.tpgi.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i0TIYJI28398; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 05:34:19 +1100 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml and concurrency From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@tpg.com.au To: Martin Berger Cc: Vitaly Lugovsky , The Trade In-Reply-To: <4018E282.2040404@dcs.qmul.ac.uk> References: <20040127063230.GA12482@inv_machine> <200401282326.i0SNQntl004612@bismarck-chet.watson.ibm.com> <97908806-5238-11D8-8975-000393B8133A@wetware.com> <4018E282.2040404@dcs.qmul.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1075401329.3632.56.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 30 Jan 2004 05:35:29 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 tpg:99 2004:99 relieves:99 hashtbl:01 hashtbl:01 tpg:99 glebe:01 2037,:01 9660:01 linked:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 approaches:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 21:37, Martin Berger wrote: > and I'm quite happy I > > don't ever met in OCaml any of the most common concurrncy bugs > > I enjoyed with Java and C++. > > i wonder why. ocaml essentially offers the same approaches to > concurrency as do the relevant java or C/C++ libraries. Ocaml relieves you of distractions and allows you to concentrate on the design .. Don't underestimate how bad C is. EG: g++ compiler uses a linked list for lookup ... I mean you can't write: let h = Hashtbl.create 97 in Hashtbl.add h symbol valu in C can you ... -- John Max Skaller, mailto:skaller@tpg.com.au snail:25/85c Wigram Rd, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia. voice:61-2-9660-0850. Checkout Felix: http://felix.sf.net ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners