From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: 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 A8036BC32 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:53:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j2FArbJa005654 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:53:37 +0100 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA05327 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:53:37 +0100 (MET) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j2FAraLD017507 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:53:36 +0100 Received: from ibm3.cicrp.jussieu.fr (ibm3.cicrp.jussieu.fr [134.157.15.3]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.12.11/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id j2FAraVt068647 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:53:36 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 166 Received: from ibm1.cicrp.jussieu.fr (ibm1.cicrp.jussieu.fr [134.157.15.1]) by ibm3.cicrp.jussieu.fr (8.8.8/jtpda/mob-V8) with ESMTP id LAA58686 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:50:34 +0100 Received: from localhost (fernande@localhost) by ibm1.cicrp.jussieu.fr (8.8.8/jtpda/mob-v8) with ESMTP id LAA2371790 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:52:39 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: ibm1.cicrp.jussieu.fr: fernande owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:52:38 +0100 (NFT) From: Diego Olivier Fernandez Pons X-X-Sender: fernande@ibm1 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml troll on Slashdot In-Reply-To: <1093.80.8.1.44.1110882854.squirrel@mail.irisa.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.7.2 (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.166]); Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:53:36 +0100 (CET) X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 4236BEB1.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4236BEB0.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at shiva.jussieu.fr with ID 4236BEB0.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Antivirus: scanned by sophie at shiva.jussieu.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; pons:01 pons:01 caml-list:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 beginners:01 caml:02 caml:02 exists:02 inefficient:02 perhaps:03 fernandez:05 fernandez:05 olivier:07 olivier:07 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: Bonjour, > Perhaps the webpage of ocaml should put a warning > "ocaml can compete against C, but it is not magical, > a beginner will certainly make very inefficient program". Well, my Caml code may be inefficent but it has an important advantage over my C++ code : - it exists - it works Maybe should we also warn beginners that when they will try to port their caml code in C++ to see how much they are loosing because of Caml, they will spend a very very bad time. Diego Olivier