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 SAA10960; Sun, 18 May 2003 18:51:19 +0200 (MET DST) 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 SAA12093 for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 18:51:18 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from ajax.cs.uga.edu (ajax.cs.uga.edu [128.192.251.3]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h4IGpHT20767 for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 18:51:17 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from cs.uga.edu (ajax.cs.uga.edu [128.192.251.3]) by ajax.cs.uga.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA13923 for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 12:51:14 -0400 (EDT) Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml and large development projects From: Ed L Cashin Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 12:51:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200305181113.HAA11919@nerd-xing.mit.edu> (John Carr's message of "Sun, 18 May 2003 07:13:01 -0400") Message-ID: <87wugoqjul.fsf@cs.uga.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.090014 (Oort Gnus v0.14) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) References: <200305181113.HAA11919@nerd-xing.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 jfc:01 recompiles:01 fifteen:99 kernel:01 ocaml:01 writes:01 pgp:02 compile:02 compilation:04 carr:05 languages:06 feature:07 consider:09 john:09 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk John Carr writes: >> Don't people consider separate compilation and the ability to change >> implementation without complete project recompiles a fundamental >> requirement of non-toy languages? > > Ten or fifteen years ago (when building a large project took a day of > compile time, and building the complete OS took several days) I would > have answered "yes". > > Now it is an important feature but not an essential feature. Working with an O.S. kernel or mozilla on a one-year-old PC reminds me that it still essential for some projects. -- --Ed L Cashin PGP public key: http://noserose.net/e/pgp/ ------------------- 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