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 AAA16298; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 00:03:18 +0100 (MET) 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 AAA16294 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 00:03:15 +0100 (MET) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from athlon.baretta.com (host225-68.pool80116.interbusiness.it [80.116.68.225]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h1GN3EP20355 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 00:03:14 +0100 (MET) Received: from baretta.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athlon.baretta.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5C15273AA; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 00:07:11 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <3E50199F.7070103@baretta.com> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 00:07:11 +0100 From: Alessandro Baretta Organization: Baretta srl -- www.baretta.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: it, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ocaml , rich Subject: Re: feature priorities (was Re: [Caml-list] Request: matrix_init function in Array) References: <87of5gp0ia.fsf_-_@uga.edu> <20030214202208.GA16867@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk rich@annexia.org wrote: > Can I add my own rather more real-world feature requests! > > 1) A common database interface. Something like the Perl DBI would > be ideal. (In fact I've been thinking about writing this myself, > but I'm not really experienced enough with OCAML yet). > > 2) A solid Apache/OCAML API. It should at least allow you to write > CGI scripts, *and* have the bytecode cached in memory*. Ideally it > would expose the full Apache API like mod_perl. I have worked on both needs myself. The two projects are still at a very early stage, but both work pretty well and have already been used in a commercial project. I plan on releasing the two packages as soon as my new leased line is up and my web site will be accessibile. This might take another month, but if you're in a real hurry, I can mail you a tarred distro. I hope my work will be able to address such concerns as yours. Have fun. Alex ------------------- 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