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 mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23CCFBBC6 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:27:11 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsBAKLtvkmNGkAPkWdsb2JhbACVWQEBAQEJCwoHEQW+U4N+BmE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,376,1233529200"; d="scan'208";a="36655927" Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 17 Mar 2009 08:27:10 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47F5C789A6D9 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:27:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 29650-03 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:27:08 +0100 (CET) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender vrfy feucht@uni-koblenz.de Received: from [192.168.1.33] (dslb-092-073-110-104.pools.arcor-ip.net [92.73.110.104]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80279789A623 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:27:08 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] caml trading From: Philip To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr In-Reply-To: <594f78210903161001k685fc9ccnb4f566c342e2bfca@mail.gmail.com> References: <891bd3390903131252t7feb059aq94f56b0a4d2efbf3@mail.gmail.com> <594f78210903161001k685fc9ccnb4f566c342e2bfca@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:27:08 +0100 Message-Id: <1237274828.5817.4.camel@io> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.25.92 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de X-Spam: no; 0.00; compiler:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 2009:98 javascript:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 caml:02 caml:02 native:03 native:03 seems:03 gui:03 gui:03 long:06 On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 12:01 -0500, aditya siram wrote: > Thanks for this awesome video! I was unaware that the Caml compiler > did not optimize source code before generating native code. Now I am a > little less afraid to study the actual compiler! > > Your point about a lack of GUI libraries is great - however it seems > as though they are not as important as they once were. The amazing > javascript toolkits [1] that have sprung up over the last year (along > with the Ocsigen and OBrower project [2]) have filled most of that > vaccum. > > As long as there are libraries that provide an easy way to hook up > with a web client is there still a compelling reason to develop native > GUI toolkits? > > Regards > -Aditya Siram > > It is very easy to interface ocaml with an gui-toolkit like qt, living in its own process. The communication is done via localhost/ http. -Philip