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 nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 597691F419 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:47:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.enyo.de (mail.enyo.de [212.9.189.167]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j88Clixl003225 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:47:45 +0200 Received: from deneb.vpn.enyo.de ([212.9.189.177] helo=deneb.enyo.de) by albireo.enyo.de with esmtp id 1EDLod-00035r-Kz; Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:47:43 +0200 Received: from fw by deneb.enyo.de with local (Exim 4.52) id 1EDLnv-0004mm-Sp; Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:46:59 +0200 From: Florian Weimer To: "Damien Guichard" Cc: "caml-list" Subject: Re: [Caml-list] The Caml morale crasher #1 References: <007f01c5af12$c10db3e0$bbe6f8c1@oemcomputer> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:46:59 +0200 In-Reply-To: <007f01c5af12$c10db3e0$bbe6f8c1@oemcomputer> (Damien Guichard's message of "Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:32:29 +0200") Message-ID: <87acinvi9o.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 432032F0.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; florian:01 caml-list:01 damien:01 ocaml:01 lambdas:01 gcc's:01 downward:98 closures:01 caml:02 languages:03 translation:07 language:15 project:17 would:17 obscure:20 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 * Damien Guichard: > When annoucing an OCaml project on a public forum i have been > advised to renunce lambdas because it would impede translation to "a > less obscure, more popular language". Most languages offer strictly downward closures. Even GCC's C implementation has them. 8-)