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 UAA13305; Sun, 18 May 2003 20:08:30 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 UAA13222 for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 20:08:17 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail.eecs.harvard.edu (bowser.eecs.harvard.edu [140.247.60.24]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h4II8GH05551 for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 20:08:16 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by mail.eecs.harvard.edu (Postfix, from userid 32018) id 9DCBA54C4A7; Sun, 18 May 2003 14:08:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.eecs.harvard.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B1E754C4A4; Sun, 18 May 2003 14:08:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 14:08:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Lex Stein To: Ed L Cashin Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml and large development projects In-Reply-To: <87wugoqjul.fsf@cs.uga.edu> Message-ID: References: <200305181113.HAA11919@nerd-xing.mit.edu> <87wugoqjul.fsf@cs.uga.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam: no; 0.00; stein:01 caml-list:01 hickey:01 ocamlc:01 nightly:99 ocamlopt:01 jfc:01 recompiles:01 fifteen:99 bug:01 faq:01 beginner's:01 beginners:01 bin:01 compiler:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk You are missing the point. It is not true that building a program requires full recompilation. The point that Prof. Hickey made was that a program requires full recompilation if you make a change then build *native* code. The bytecode compiler (ocamlc) does allow separate compilation. I believe that nightly builds are done for checking code compilability, ensuring that interfaces still compile against one another, and for generating an executable to run correctness regression tests against. I don't believe nightly builds exist to either generate an executable target for performance tests or generate binary product code; the reasons one would use ocamlopt over ocamlc. Lex On Sun, 18 May 2003, Ed L Cashin wrote: > 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 > ------------------- 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