From: Alwyn Goodloe <agoodloe@seas.upenn.edu>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Modeling tool for OCaml?
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:56:17 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55DE94DC-A1F7-4A30-85FC-9270FFD77509@seas.upenn.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <60702.66.41.204.234.1170610830.squirrel@webmail.fischerventure.com>
I've always wondered that maybe old fashioned dataflow diagrams from
the 80s might work
a lot better than UML for large ocaml programs. I don't even know if
they publish books
on that anymore, but it might be worth a look.
Alwyn
On Feb 4, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Robert Fischer wrote:
>> For my first post to this mailing list, I'm going to ask you the
>> modeling tool(s) you use commonly for your applications written in
>> OCaml?
>>
> Whiteboard, mainly. Sometimes pencil and paper. If I'm really
> gung-ho,
> I'll use LaTeX (generally ripped from the ocamldoc).
>
> Unlike the imperative object-oriented world, where the relationships
> between types are complicated systems with profound (and somewhat
> mysterious) consequences, the 'function catalog' approach in OCaml
> most
> libraries undercuts the value of any kind of modelling.
>
> And this is from someone who is a fan of visual models for Java/C#
> apps.
>
> ~~ Robert Fischer.
> Fischer Venture Management Corporation
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-04 17:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-04 15:33 Julien Peeters
2007-02-04 17:40 ` [Caml-list] " Robert Fischer
2007-02-04 17:56 ` Alwyn Goodloe [this message]
2007-02-04 18:41 ` Julien Peeters
2007-02-04 20:43 ` Jon Harrop
2007-02-04 23:30 ` skaller
2007-02-05 10:00 ` Stéphane DUPRAT
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