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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,DNS_FROM_SECURITYSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69571BBAF for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:33:40 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmoBAE3+IUnCpx6wmWdsb2JhbACTVwEBAQEBCAsKBxG9E4J5gzc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,624,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="17306703" Received: from smtpmin.univ-orleans.fr (HELO min.univ-orleans.fr) ([194.167.30.176]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 18 Nov 2008 08:33:39 +0100 Received: from smtps.univ-orleans.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by min.univ-orleans.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4431E12B4EB; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:33:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.0.12] (ras75-4-82-235-58-110.fbx.proxad.net [82.235.58.110]) by smtps.univ-orleans.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A5D636E60; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:33:39 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [announce] O'Browser : OCaml on browsers From: David Teller To: Kuba Ober Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr In-Reply-To: <200811172244.01033.ober.14@osu.edu> References: <492199E2.1020504@gmail.com> <200811172244.01033.ober.14@osu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:33:41 +0100 Message-Id: <1226993621.6170.3.camel@Blefuscu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 univ-orleans:01 bug:01 univ-orleans:01 lifo:01 liquidations:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 module:03 tutorial:03 typed:04 distributed:05 interface:06 examples:07 scripts:09 On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 22:43 -0500, Kuba Ober wrote: > > Please note that this is an early version, in particular the DOM > > interface module is neither pretty nor well typed. > > However, it can already be used to create little applets or scripts (as > > in the tutorial [2], the examples of the distribution [3] or my webpage > > [4]) and we'll be glad to receive your comments or bug reports. > > And the reason is?.... To me, the fact that you can write portable lightweight applets sounds like a good enough reason. That and the fact that I can see this being used by stuff like Ocsigen to make for (even) richer client-server applications. Just my two cents, David -- David Teller-Rajchenbach Security of Distributed Systems http://www.univ-orleans.fr/lifo/Members/David.Teller Angry researcher: French Universities need reforms, but the LRU act brings liquidations.