From: skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Gerd Stolpmann <info@gerd-stolpmann.de>
Cc: Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com>, caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Wikipedia
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:31:03 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1131071464.10871.44.camel@rosella> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1131045878.4327.94.camel@localhost.localdomain>
On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 20:24 +0100, Gerd Stolpmann wrote:
> If O'Caml has a revolutionary aspect, this can only be that the
> developers do not allow that practical benefits destroy theoretical
> soundness, and that O'Caml is nevertheless extremely well-suited for
> practical problems at the same time. If that was the motto of the
> article this would have my consent.
And if it had a historical importance, I would say it is the
first popular *functional* programming language to prove,
beyond doubt, that functional programming languages, particular
systems using garbage collectors, need not be slow.
--
John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-04 2:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-03 17:26 Wikipedia Jon Harrop
2005-11-03 19:24 ` [Caml-list] Wikipedia Gerd Stolpmann
2005-11-04 2:31 ` skaller [this message]
2005-11-04 13:46 ` [Caml-list] what is high-level (was: Wikipedia) Blue Prawn
2005-11-04 15:13 ` Brian Hurt
2005-11-04 15:28 ` David Teller
2005-11-04 16:02 ` skaller
2005-11-04 16:06 ` [Caml-list] what is high-level Alan Falloon
2005-11-04 16:10 ` William D. Neumann
2005-11-04 16:14 ` David Teller
2005-11-05 0:29 ` skaller
2005-11-05 22:05 ` Michael Walter
2005-11-06 14:28 ` skaller
2005-11-04 16:50 ` Matt Gushee
2005-11-03 19:30 ` [Caml-list] Wikipedia Kip Macy
2005-11-03 20:46 ` Matt Gushee
2005-11-03 21:08 ` Mike Lin
2005-11-03 21:16 ` Florian Weimer
2005-11-04 17:15 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-11-04 21:05 ` Alex Goldman
2005-11-04 21:53 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2005-11-04 22:24 ` Alex Goldman
2005-11-06 19:32 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-11-07 6:44 ` Tony Edgin
2005-11-07 12:23 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-11-07 12:55 ` skaller
2005-11-07 13:03 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-11-06 20:22 Frederic GAVA
2005-11-06 23:29 ` skaller
2005-11-07 10:14 ` Andreas Rossberg
2005-11-07 12:25 ` skaller
2005-11-07 1:21 ` Thomas Fischbacher
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