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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Categories for types
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Micha=EBl_Gr=FCnewald?= <michael.grunewald@laposte.net>
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Le Mercredi 27 février 2008 à 14:38 +0100, Gabriel Kerneis a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> Le Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:08:00 +0100, Michaël Grünewald
> <michael.grunewald@laposte.net> a écrit :
> > Before checking
> > the book out, I would like to know if the term ``functor'' was chosen
> > because they are actually functors. 
> 
> No.
> 
> Functors (in Ocaml) are just functions that produce modules.

Concise and precise answer! :)
Thank you,
MG