RE: [Caml-list] Cross-compiling OCaml

["Brandon J. Van Every" <vanevery@indiegamedesign.com>]

Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
> The Caml Trade wrote:
>
> > I think you have your priorities crossed.  Lots of good
> > code migrates
> > out of the Unix culture into the Windows development world, but it
> > historically *never* happens when Unix-centric people push—
> > only when Windows-centric people pull.
>
> Mono
> concept of installation packages
> most commercial digital media editing software
> most games
>
> My stereotype of a UNIX guy is someone who likes to play with text
> editors all day long.

I suppose I missed that you were talking about *code* migration, as
opposed to who's the progenitor of what technology on what platform.
The phenomenon you describe of "which whay the code flows" is largely
true.  After all, Windows people can and do buy commercial apps that get
their jobs done.  A lot of invention of capability happens on Windows,
in proprietary commercial software.  Then UNIX guys clone it, if they
can tear themselves away from their text editors.  Leaving open source
vs. proprietary aside, there are arenas in which UNIX developers are
mostly responsible for the innovations, and arenas where Windows
developers are.  Which OS one gravitates towards is largely a matter of
problem domain.  I think it would be silly to look to UNIX for game or
3D graphics code.


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Brand*n Van Every               S*attle, WA

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// return an array of 100 packed tuples
temps
  int $[tvar0][2*100]; // what the c function needs
  value $[tvar1]; // one int
  value $[tvar2]; // one tuple
  int $[tvar3] // loop control var
oncePre
eachPre
  $[cvar0]=&($[tvar0][0]);
eachPost
  $[lvar0] = alloc(2*100, 0 /*NB: zero-tagged block*/ );
  for(int $[tvar3]=0;$[tvar3]<100;$[tvar3]++) {
    $[tvar2] = alloc_tuple(2);
    $[tvar1] = Val_int($[cvar0][0+2*$[tvar3]]);
    Store_field($[tvar2],0,$[tvar1]);
    $[tvar1] = Val_int($[cvar0][1]);
    Store_field($[tvar2],1,$[tvar1+2*$[tvar3]]);
    Array_store($[lvar0],$[tvar3],$[tvar0]);
  }
oncePost

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