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 VAA09770; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 21:10:20 +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 VAA09758 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 21:10:16 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (mta6.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.240]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f36JAD517911; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 21:10:13 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from checkerlap.d6.com ([64.163.212.241]) by mta6.snfc21.pbi.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <0GBD00ILJX8QY6@mta6.snfc21.pbi.net>; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 12:11:12 -0700 From: Chris Hecker Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: javacaml In-reply-to: <20010406172752.C1347@pauillac.inria.fr> X-Sender: def6@shell16.ba.best.com To: Xavier Leroy , Gerd Stolpmann Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Message-id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010406115735.00e66700@shell16.ba.best.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" References: <01040500354406.00489@ice> <200103292240.OAA22134@smtp5-cm.mail.eni.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20010403142051.032a0a70@shell16.ba.best.com> <01040500354406.00489@ice> Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk >I agree with your conclusions, however you're perhaps slightly too >harsh with MLj: for developing applet-sized programs, for instance, >the limitations of MLj (whole-program compilation, size limitations) >are acceptable. I agree with this. I'd be happy with MLj-level functionality for what I want to do. I wonder how hard it would be to use their work for ocaml. Is this something that would be good to handle at the C-- level, or are there no types down there so it wouldn't work since the JVM wants types? I'm not very familiar with C--...are people using it? It seems like the asmcomp files do something with it, but they don't emit intermediate code as much as intermediate datastructures. Do they match C-- and it's not emited as a file to save time? > At any rate, I believe Web applets are a totally uninteresting >application area. Most Web designers seem happy with JavaScript >hacks, and in many years of intense Web surfing, I came across an >interesting Java applet only once (Certicom's excellent tutorial on >elliptic curve cryptography). Really? I find tons of cool applets that are used for teaching small concepts, everything from sorting to solving PDEs. I think of them as interactive illustrations in papers, not as full fledged applications. Chris ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr. Archives: http://caml.inria.fr