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 PAA05823; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:01:41 +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 PAA05816 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:01:40 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from aomori.annexia.org (annexia.force9.co.uk [212.56.101.183]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3SD1dYM020832 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:01:40 +0200 Received: from rich by aomori.annexia.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BIoh0-0005Rz-00 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:01:38 +0100 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:01:38 +0100 Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: Common IO structure Message-ID: <20040428130138.GA20907@redhat.com> References: <016401c42bc4$b6438840$19b0e152@warp> <20040428.004358.45522587.yoriyuki@mbg.ocn.ne.jp> <016501c42c73$24e64b30$ef01a8c0@warp> <20040428.015800.126758722.yoriyuki@mbg.ocn.ne.jp> <408EEE3E.7050008@socialtools.net> <20040428034415.GB19564@complete.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040428034415.GB19564@complete.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Richard Jones 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; caml-list:01 2004:99 2004:99 nio:99 api:01 model:01 api:01 type-safe:01 ltd:98 caml:01 caml:01 classes:03 wrote:03 wrote:03 library:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:44:15PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 12:35:26AM +0100, Benjamin Geer wrote: > > In Java there are two I/O libraries, the original one (java.io)[1] and > > the new one (java.nio)[2]. The old one has the virtue of being easy to > > understand and use, and flexible enough for many situations. The basic > > Uh, no. I don't have the API reference in front of me, but I seem to > recall somewhere around a dozen or so predefined classes for doing > I/O... all sorts of StreamReaders, etc, etc. Please do not model > anything after this horribly bloated API. Agreed! The java.io.* stuff is a great example of what NOT to do. Rich. -- Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://www.j-london.com/ Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - improving website return on investment Perl4Caml lets you use any Perl library in your type-safe Objective CAML programs. http://www.merjis.com/developers/perl4caml/ ------------------- 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