From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id D95A8BC84 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:05:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net (ptb-relay02.plus.net [212.159.14.213]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j2UK5StQ002877 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:05:28 +0200 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=chetara) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1DGjRQ-000BIy-5V for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:05:28 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Pervasives.compare output type Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:06:11 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200503302106.11361.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 424B0688.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 pervasives:01 haskell:01 ocaml:01 advancing:98 ...:98 frog:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 jacques:01 caml:02 objective:02 output:02 inclusion:03 enlighten:05 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Wednesday 30 March 2005 19:49, brogoff wrote: > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Jacques Carette wrote: > > But theory is also advancing rapidly. Haskell 6.4's inclusion of GADTs > > in the core language is exerting a powerful pull on me. > > I'm sure you're aware that people at INRIA are working on GADT's as well. > I have to say, the idea is intriguing... Would someone be so kind as to enlighten me (and probably a few other people!) as to what these intruiging GADT things are and what they're good for? :-) -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. Objective CAML for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists