From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id SAA15943; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:02:35 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA15166 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:02:33 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from calmail-cl.berkeley.edu (mailfarm.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.61.106]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3EG2WYM020562 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:02:32 +0200 Received: from [64.162.212.212] (HELO tallman.kefka.frap.net) by calmail-cl.berkeley.edu (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with SMTP id 16590878; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:02:31 -0700 Received: by tallman.kefka.frap.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:01:41 -0700 Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:01:41 -0700 From: Kenneth Knowles To: skaller Cc: "Brandon J. Van Every" , caml-list Subject: Re: [Caml-list] suggestion: do not link to www.ocaml.org Message-ID: <20040414160141.GB23982@tallman.kefka.frap.net> References: <20040414053414.GA25712@tallman.kefka.frap.net> <1081941163.20677.652.camel@pelican> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1081941163.20677.652.camel@pelican> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; knowles:99 caml-list:01 2004:99 haskell:01 pre-alpha:01 referential:01 chock:01 lacking:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 shop:98 shop:98 syntax:02 wrote:03 suggestion:06 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 333 On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 09:12:44PM +1000, skaller wrote: > > Haskell is the only non-ML language I am familiar with that has similar features > > to OCaml, could you share some others? I'm always interested in new languages > > with advanced safety features. > > You could look at Felix .. if you really are interested > in a new (pre-alpha) language. You won't find 'advanced safety', > heck, even Ocaml doesn't have "20 years old" safety > features like referential transparency *** In fact, I took a look at Felix pretty soon after starting up with OCaml. I'm surprised I forgot it. In my eyes it is a lot like Nemerle that it is chock full of good language features (including some lacking in OCaml), with a curly brace syntax. If I were in a C++ shop rather than a web shop I'd certainly be lobbying for it. Kenn ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners