From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236DCBC0A; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:39:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.135]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l54CcxqL010648; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:39:00 +0200 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.16,380,1175437800"; d="scan'208";a="98759617" Received: from ppp9-14.lns1.syd7.internode.on.net (HELO [192.168.1.201]) ([59.167.9.14]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 04 Jun 2007 22:08:57 +0930 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] JoCaml Released. From: skaller To: Yaron Minsky Cc: Luc Maranget , caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <891bd3390706040513r398a8415r4d790c6040ed200@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070604085744.GA4654@yquem.inria.fr> <891bd3390706040513r398a8415r4d790c6040ed200@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:38:54 +1000 Message-Id: <1180960734.11351.135.camel@rosella.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 466407E3.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; jocaml:01 yaron:01 minsky:01 jocaml:01 ocaml:01 syntax:01 implements:01 lambda:01 ocaml:01 subset:01 sourceforge:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 calculus:01 calculus:01 On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 08:13 -0400, Yaron Minsky wrote: > A couple of questions: > * Why is it that JoCaml is a full OCaml distribution as opposed > to just a set of libraries plus a syntax extension. JoCaml implements the join calculus, which subsumes lambda calculus.. so you have asked the wrong question. The real question is: why isn't Ocaml treated as a subset of JoCaml? :) -- John Skaller Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net