From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B825BCB0 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 17:27:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j59FRZjF001208 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 17:27:35 +0200 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 RAA21181 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 17:27:35 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.203]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j59FRXUn001201 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 17:27:34 +0200 Received: from Rosella (ppp35-43.lns1.syd2.internode.on.net [59.167.35.43]) by smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j59FRVt2098523; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 00:57:31 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Caml on intel-OSX From: John Skaller To: james woodyatt Cc: The Caml Trade In-Reply-To: <0908894eeba2802d8441ea3476c67c36@wetware.com> References: <1118295206.7145.165.camel@rosella.wigram> <0908894eeba2802d8441ea3476c67c36@wetware.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 01:27:31 +1000 Message-Id: <1118330851.8693.10.camel@rosella.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42A85FE7.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42A85FE5.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 woodyatt:01 bytecode:01 ocaml:01 binary:01 ocamlrun:01 ocaml:01 ocamlopt:01 compiler:01 bytecode:01 compiler:01 glebe:01 2005,:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 07:00 -0700, james woodyatt wrote: > On 08 Jun 2005, at 22:33, John Skaller wrote: > > > > And a dumb question .. will a bytecode Ocaml program > > just run on any machine provided a single binary, > > ocamlrun, is installed and accessible? > > You probably want all the ocaml tools to be built as universal binaries > and you probably also want the ocamlopt compiler to be able to produce > universal binaries. I would expect that will require some effort from > the Caml Team at INRIA. Lol! no, it is a simple question. Can I make a bytecode program and just ship it an expect it to run? No. So what else is required? > Even inside Apple, most of the > software engineers don't have Intel development machines. My friend is in San Francisco right now and does. It was he that asked "Why not have a bytecode version of the Felix compiler, so we don't have to install Ocaml on every platform?" -- John Skaller, skaller at users.sf.net PO Box 401 Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia Ph:61-2-96600850 Download Felix here: http://felix.sf.net