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 F02F57D04 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:55:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp15.wanadoo.fr (smtp15.wanadoo.fr [193.252.23.84]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j88CtXSe021942 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:55:33 +0200 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1503.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 75D797000085 for ; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:55:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wwinf1536 (wwinf1536 [172.22.146.110]) by mwinf1503.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 6A7087000081; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:55:33 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20050908125533436.6A7087000081@mwinf1503.wanadoo.fr Message-ID: <9504834.1126184133428.JavaMail.www@wwinf1536> From: yoann padioleau Reply-To: padator@wanadoo.fr To: Florian Weimer , Damien Guichard Subject: Re: [Caml-list] The Caml morale crasher #1 Cc: caml-list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [193.54.76.165] X-Wum-Nature: EMAIL-NATURE X-WUM-FROM: |~| X-WUM-TO: |~||~| X-WUM-CC: |~| X-WUM-REPLYTO: |~| Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:55:33 +0200 (CEST) X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 432034C5.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 damien:01 ocaml:01 lambdas:01 gcc's:01 gcc:01 gcc:01 caml-list:01 beginner's:01 ocaml:01 beginners:01 bug:01 downward:98 closures:01 functions:01 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.2 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS 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-) Again I think I will disagree on the choice of your words :) GCC has nested functions. I think that we can't call that a closure; a closure is something that close his environment and store it somewhere. There is no such thing in GCC I think. > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs > >