From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr 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 1F465D45F for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:02:19 +0100 (CET) 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 jA4G2I2E019584 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:02:18 +0100 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 RAA03119 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:02:17 +0100 (MET) 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 jA4G2FJm019579 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 17:02:17 +0100 Received: from rosella (ppp7-104.lns1.syd7.internode.on.net [59.167.7.104]) by smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id jA4G263v057350; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 02:32:07 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from skaller@users.sourceforge.net) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] what is high-level (was: Wikipedia) From: skaller To: David Teller Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <1131118091.6558.7.camel@titania> References: <200511031726.59561.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <1131045878.4327.94.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1131071464.10871.44.camel@rosella> <200511041443.15429.fmonnier@linux-nantes.fr.eu.org> <1131118091.6558.7.camel@titania> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 03:02:06 +1100 Message-Id: <1131120126.31714.84.camel@rosella> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 436B860A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 436B8607.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 high-level:01 high-level:01 higher-level:01 quoting:01 ocaml:01 wrote:01 sourceforge:01 define:01 programming:03 programming:03 languages:03 languages:03 vendredi:03 dynamic:03 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 15:28 +0000, David Teller wrote: > Le vendredi 04 novembre 2005 à 09:13 -0600, Brian Hurt a écrit : > > > >From that link: > > > Although it is a high-level language, C is much closer to assembly > > > language than are most other high-level languages. > > > > In other words, all languages are high-level, some are just more > > high-level than others. > > Fair enough on that. I think he was being sarcastic (reference to Animal Farm .. :) > Still, we might need to define a notion of > higher-level language. I use the term 'advanced programming language' myself. There is a list of features of such languages here: http://www.felix.cybercloud.net/wiki/index.php/Advanced_programming C, C++, Java, Php, etc clearly do not qualify :) And quoting: "Ocaml, on the other hand, supports all these features except for dynamic loading" Note the page was written for C++ programmers. -- John Skaller Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net