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 SAA28430; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:00:57 +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 SAA28555 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:00:56 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from annexia.force9.co.uk (annexia.force9.co.uk [212.56.101.183]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i7PG0uVD020256 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:00:56 +0200 Received: from rich by annexia.force9.co.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1C00Cm-0004Vb-00 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:00:56 +0100 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:00:55 +0100 Cc: caml-list Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Alternative Bytecodes for OCaml Message-ID: <20040825160055.GA16865@annexia.org> References: <200408250926.28629.jgoerzen@complete.org> <1093446345.15255.565.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1093446345.15255.565.camel@pelican.wigram> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 412CB7B8.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 bytecodes:01 2004:99 2004:99 python:01 python:01 interfacing:01 interfacing:01 cobol:01 ltd:98 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 jvm:01 government:98 wrote:03 X-Attachments: type="application/pgp-signature" name="signature.asc" Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 01:05:45AM +1000, skaller wrote: > On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 00:26, John Goerzen wrote: >=20 > > I come to OCaml from a Python background, and one of the most=20 > > interesting bits of technology for Python is Jython[1]. >=20 > Curious though why you'd want to... interfacing to C > I can understand. But why bother with the JVM or Java? In UK government projects (my area of knowledge last year) you'll find some closed-source Java libraries which are required for interfacing to various network protocols and file formats. This locks you in to using the "90s COBOL" for all your work. Rich. --=20 Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://www.j-london.com/ Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - improving website return on investment NET::FTPSERVER is a full-featured, secure, configurable, database-backed FTP server written in Perl: http://www.annexia.org/freeware/netftpserver/ --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBLLe34le1M6q9pzoRAiasAKCMmhzLWb9Y/ikZEJHFZaEjuzkR8wCeI2k/ 7tlTQU7s3i2k31q3Wcv5Su4= =xG1h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP-- ------------------- 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