From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B04F8D45F for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:45:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.enyo.de (mail.enyo.de [212.9.189.167]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id jA4MjPNi007575 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:45:26 +0100 Received: from deneb.vpn.enyo.de ([212.9.189.177] helo=deneb.enyo.de) by albireo.enyo.de with esmtp id 1EYAJJ-0000UE-Uy for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:45:25 +0100 Received: from fw by deneb.enyo.de with local (Exim 4.54) id 1EYAJ2-0001zs-1x for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:45:08 +0100 From: Florian Weimer To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: The "Objective" part of Objective Caml Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:45:08 +0100 Message-ID: <87acgkyqvf.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 436BE485.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml:02 caml:02 florian:02 objective:02 objective:02 objects:02 seems:03 languages:03 evolutionary:04 indeed:05 approach:07 object:09 object:09 bit:10 inspired:11 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 I was a bit surprised when I started playing with Caml objects. I couldn't find a definite reference, but it seems that the object system was indeed inspired by the "Objective" family of languages (the "evolutionary approach" to add a Smalltalk-like object system described by Brad Cox in the 80s, later picked up by NeXT). Is this really the case? Or is the similarity just a coincidence?