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 IAA30478; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:06:10 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 IAA30452 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:06:09 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i7D665mL003824 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:06:07 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp197-3.lns1.syd2.internode.on.net [203.122.197.3]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7D65t4Y028522; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:36:01 +0930 (CST) Subject: RE: [Caml-list] OCaml growing pains From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: "Brandon J. Van Every" Cc: caml-list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1092377154.29139.126.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 13 Aug 2004 16:05:54 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 411C5A4E.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 brandon:99 team's:01 languages':01 9660:01 glebe:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 nsw:01 snail:02 compile:02 checkout:02 2037:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 07:30, Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > I don't think so. I think it shows where the major players are at in > their thinking and tastes. OCaml is not this popular language, so why > should we assume its major players know best about how to grow it? I think you need to consider that the INRIA team's goals are closer to 'showing it is possible for a well typed functional language developed using theory to actually also compile fast code fast' rather than 'taking over from other industrial languages'. Ocaml is great for writing language translators. The *obvious* use for it for a game developer is to write a game scripting language in it -- rather than try to write games directly in Ocaml. That way you bypass all the problems, and get to say how great Ocaml is for writing translators with :) Oh yeah, did I mention before I've spent 5 years developing such a tool already .. ? -- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net voice: 061-2-9660-0850, snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Checkout the Felix programming language 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