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 XAA08856; Fri, 7 May 2004 23:11:55 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 XAA09155 for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 23:11:54 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net (ptb-relay01.plus.net [212.159.14.212]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i47LBrEV020547 for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 23:11:53 +0200 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=chetara) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1BMCdN-000LYL-1J for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 07 May 2004 21:11:53 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: University of Cambridge To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: [Caml-list] OCaml to C Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 22:11:12 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200405072211.12238.jdh30@cam.ac.uk> X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 409BFB99.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; compiler:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 native-code:02 wondering:04 compiled:05 efficient:05 efficient:05 mean:05 cheers:06 unreadable:07 sold:91 comparable:11 think:11 convert:12 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk I was just wondering if there was a compiler which could convert ocaml code into self-contained, efficient C code which could then be sold? By efficient, I mean performance comparable to that of native-code compiled ocaml. I am asking because I think that C code (even unreadable C) may currently be more commercially viable than ocaml code. Cheers, Jon. ------------------- 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