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 QAA01373; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:58:37 +0200 (MET DST) 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 QAA03466 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:58:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.203]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i8REwXtv024108 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:58:35 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp202-133.lns1.syd3.internode.on.net [203.122.202.133]) by smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8REwTOU092501; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:28:30 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] C++ STL and template features compared with OCaml parametric polymorphism and OO features From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: Brian Hurt Cc: Jon Harrop , caml-list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1096297109.28613.646.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 28 Sep 2004 00:58:29 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41582A99.000 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 hofs:01 9660:01 glebe:01 ocaml:01 heh:01 nsw:01 sep:01 snail:02 checkout:02 2037:03 04,:03 wrote:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 00:04, Brian Hurt wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Jon Harrop wrote: > Second, you can do fold, map, iter, etc. in C++- it's just a pain. To > emulate HOFs you define a new class with single virtual member function. > The virtual member function then becomes your HOF. For templates all you need is a class with an operator()() method. Dynamic dispatch is only needed if you need run time function variables (first class functions). Heh .. it isn't a pain doing this in C++, its quite easy -- just use Felix. -- 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