From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: weis Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id TAA22303 for caml-redistribution@pauillac.inria.fr; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:52:37 +0200 (MET DST) Resent-Message-Id: <200004121752.TAA22303@pauillac.inria.fr> 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 TAA12883 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:27:19 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from jaune.inria.fr (jaune.inria.fr [128.93.11.80]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA08874 for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:27:19 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from ddr@localhost) by jaune.inria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA23572; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:27:11 +0200 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:27:11 +0200 From: Daniel de Rauglaudre To: "Dennis (Gang) Chen" Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: When functional languages can be accepted by industry? Message-ID: <20000412192711.J12487@jaune.inria.fr> References: <38E7F364.5D24BB7C@motorola.com> <14572.49274.910966.673172@cylinder.csl.sri.com> <38ED71B6.30118608@motorola.com> <14574.1721.508470.790475@cylinder.csl.sri.com> <38F270CF.221F5BD0@motorola.com> <20000411195808.62154@pauillac.inria.fr> <38F3D520.9CD19485@motorola.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <38F3D520.9CD19485@motorola.com>; from Dennis.G.Chen@motorola.com on Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 11:15:04AM +0930 Resent-From: weis@pauillac.inria.fr Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:52:37 +0200 Resent-To: caml-redistribution@pauillac.inria.fr > 1. Current functional languages do not have enough library support: > so it is not convenient to use FL for database management, programming > friendly user interface etc. Without industry support, these libraries > would take a long time to implement let rec industry_support () = library_support () and library_support () = industry_support ();; -- Daniel de RAUGLAUDRE daniel.de_rauglaudre@inria.fr http://cristal.inria.fr/~ddr/