From: Alessandro Baretta <alex@baretta.com>
To: Oleg <oleg_inconnu@myrealbox.com>, Ocaml <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: generic programming
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 22:34:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D235FDE.6080203@baretta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200207032004.QAA07689@dewberry.cc.columbia.edu>
Oleg wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 July 2002 01:29 pm, Chris Hecker wrote:
>
>
>>Perhaps he's reading and can explain some of the problems.
>>
>>Caml polymorphism&functors and C++ templates seem to have different
>>properties, and I wonder what you can and can't write in each.
>
>
> I'm also concerned about compilation times. When writing C++ code, having to
> keep template definitions in header files in their entirety is frequently my
> reason not to write templated code.
Templates are "nasty" citizens of the C++ world. I've had
*so* many problems tracking down bugs in code using STL
templates. Basically, the "write once, compile many"
strategy of C++ yields situations where the semantics of the
algorithms coded in a template depends upon the type
parameter you pass to the template itself. Abominable.
Stick to Caml: "Write Once, Compile Once, Link Many".
Alex
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-03 20:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-03 2:49 [Caml-list] " Oleg
2002-07-03 8:37 ` [Caml-list] " Ketanu
2002-07-03 17:29 ` Chris Hecker
2002-07-03 20:07 ` Oleg
2002-07-03 20:34 ` Alessandro Baretta [this message]
2002-07-04 15:33 ` John Max Skaller
[not found] ` <3D249B27.5080807@baretta.com>
[not found] ` <3D25D27B.2020005@ozemail.com.au>
2002-07-07 20:42 ` Alessandro Baretta
2002-07-08 0:59 ` John Max Skaller
2002-07-08 7:29 ` Alessandro Baretta
2002-10-15 0:10 ` Eray Ozkural
2002-07-03 21:55 ` Peter Wood
2002-07-04 2:02 ` james woodyatt
2002-07-04 15:18 ` John Max Skaller
2002-07-05 8:42 ` Francois Pottier
2002-07-05 9:25 ` Xavier Leroy
2002-07-05 9:57 ` Chris Hecker
2002-07-05 13:54 ` Xavier Leroy
2002-07-05 17:59 ` Chris Hecker
2002-07-05 20:31 ` John Max Skaller
2002-07-05 19:33 ` John Max Skaller
2002-07-05 19:31 ` John Max Skaller
2002-07-05 8:33 ` Francois Pottier
2002-07-05 23:05 ` Dave Berry
2002-07-08 9:54 ` Francois Pottier
2002-07-08 15:49 ` John Max Skaller
2002-08-02 14:49 ` [Caml-list] Streams Diego Olivier Fernandez Pons
2002-08-02 15:29 ` Alain Frisch
2002-08-03 14:19 ` Diego Olivier Fernandez Pons
2002-07-03 8:42 ` [Caml-list] generic programming Johan Baltié
[not found] ` <002301c22270$fb4ca160$2be213c3@youngkouzdra>
[not found] ` <20020703092753.M39371@wanadoo.fr>
2002-07-05 10:38 ` Anton Moscal
2002-07-03 9:10 ` Jun P.FURUSE
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