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From: Gour <gour@atmarama.net>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: [Caml-list] Re: OCaml vs Ada and/or GUI options
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:10:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130911101055.6c1e5b63@atmarama.noip.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPzAKVCSHcYmiqb4BbDkjAnLUkMxTi5OYFYZAJ5YediFFBbv6Q@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 23:38:56 +0200
Paolo Donadeo <p.donadeo@gmail.com> wrote:

> TL;DR: being an OCaml programmer now, and having worked with Ada
> (avionics/military sector) for a few years, my reply is: none of the
> two :-)

That's just the answer I was afraid to get. :-)

> Avoid C++ + QT, it's stable of course, but using C++ in 2013 is a
> *real* PITA. 

C(++) is certainly not on my radar. :-)

> Python is totally unsafe, but in tandem with PyQT takes you to a very
> fast and productive environment.

That's true, but I wonder whether I should trade type-safety for fast
and productive environment?

It is supposed to be open-source project and we do not have any
deadlines to meet, so I consider that less bugs/debugging is better.

> GTK: my personal opinion is that it's an awful toolkit, from each and
> every point of view. Bad software design, horrible widgets, etc...

I consider that GTK lost its course and it's not even attractive to
LInux users, what to say about Windows/Mac platforms.

> The OCaml binding is probably (from the programmer point of view)
> *better* than the original C API, but it's still a pain.

That I cannot comment, but I believe it's the best what OCaml has, but
having e.g. Qt bindings would probably change the picture of OCaml &
GUI, right?

> Just my 2 ¢ of course.

Thanks a lot.


Sincerely,
Gour

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-09-11  8:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-09-10 21:09 [Caml-list] " Gour
2013-09-10 21:38 ` Paolo Donadeo
2013-09-11  5:24   ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-11  7:21     ` Kakadu
2013-09-11  8:21       ` [Caml-list] " Gour
2013-09-11  8:14     ` Gour
2013-09-11 18:17       ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-11 19:31         ` Gour
2013-09-11 19:53           ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-11 20:41             ` Gour
2013-09-11 21:01               ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-12  5:44                 ` Gour
2013-09-12  6:31                   ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-12  5:36             ` Gour
2013-09-12  6:48               ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-12  7:26                 ` Gour
2013-09-11 20:06         ` Jon Harrop
2013-09-11 20:48           ` Anthony Tavener
2013-09-11 21:04             ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-12 14:40             ` [Caml-list] " Jon Harrop
2013-09-12 14:51               ` Alain Frisch
2013-09-12 14:57                 ` Lukasz Stafiniak
2013-09-12 15:04                   ` Alain Frisch
2013-09-14  3:05                 ` Jon Harrop
2013-09-14  7:10                   ` Kakadu
2013-09-14 11:37                     ` Jon Harrop
2013-09-15  8:32                       ` Kakadu
2013-09-14 23:51                   ` Francois¡¡Charles Matthieu¡¡Berenger
2013-09-11 22:17           ` [Caml-list] " Richard W.M. Jones
2013-09-12 13:49             ` [Caml-list] " Jon Harrop
2013-09-12 13:58               ` Richard W.M. Jones
2013-09-11  9:49     ` David MENTRE
2013-09-11 10:14       ` Kakadu
2013-09-11 15:21         ` David MENTRE
2013-09-12  1:31           ` Francois Berenger
2013-09-11 18:43         ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-11 18:36       ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-11 19:34         ` [Caml-list] " Gour
2013-09-11 19:45           ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-11 22:06             ` [Caml-list] " Jacques Garrigue
2013-09-12  3:25         ` Ivan Gotovchits
2013-09-12  6:41         ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-12 11:49           ` Gerd Stolpmann
2013-09-11 19:17       ` [Caml-list] " Gour
2013-09-11 22:03       ` [Caml-list] " Jacques Garrigue
2013-09-12  8:16         ` Alain Frisch
2013-09-11 12:26     ` Jon Harrop
2013-09-11 18:48       ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-11 13:22     ` Paolo Donadeo
2013-09-11 13:33       ` Kakadu
2013-09-11 14:09         ` Paolo Donadeo
2013-09-11 19:36           ` Jon Harrop
2013-09-11 19:45             ` [Caml-list] " Gour
2013-09-12 12:55               ` [Caml-list] " Jon Harrop
2013-09-11 18:57       ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-11 19:01         ` Rudi Grinberg
2013-09-11 19:15           ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-11  8:10   ` Gour [this message]
2013-09-11  1:00 ` Francois Berenger
2013-09-11  5:07   ` rixed
2013-09-11  8:26     ` [Caml-list] " Gour
2013-09-11  9:23       ` rixed
2013-09-11 12:54         ` Leo White
2013-09-11 12:59           ` Gour
2013-09-11 19:06             ` Adrien Nader
2013-09-11  8:16   ` Gour
2013-09-11  9:00     ` Francois Berenger
2013-09-11 19:19       ` Gour
2013-11-17 20:12       ` [Caml-list] " Gour
2013-09-11  7:38 ` Gabriel Kerneis
2013-09-11  8:20   ` [Caml-list] " Gour
2013-09-11 11:42     ` Gerd Stolpmann
2013-09-18 11:42       ` [Caml-list] " Gour
2013-09-18 12:24         ` Gerd Stolpmann
2013-09-20  4:47           ` Gour
2013-09-19  8:11         ` Alain Frisch
2013-09-19  8:30           ` Daniel Bünzli
2013-09-19  8:47             ` Andreas Rossberg
2013-09-20  4:51           ` Gour
2013-09-20 12:04             ` Gerd Stolpmann

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