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 VAA16256; Sun, 18 May 2003 21:55:57 +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 VAA16253 for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 21:55:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail.eecs.harvard.edu (bowser.eecs.harvard.edu [140.247.60.24]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h4IJtqT24839 for ; Sun, 18 May 2003 21:55:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by mail.eecs.harvard.edu (Postfix, from userid 32018) id 2178654C4D0; Sun, 18 May 2003 15:55:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.eecs.harvard.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EF8B54C4B5; Sun, 18 May 2003 15:55:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 15:55:52 -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: <87wugom5s6.fsf@cs.uga.edu> Message-ID: References: <200305181113.HAA11919@nerd-xing.mit.edu> <87wugoqjul.fsf@cs.uga.edu> <87wugom5s6.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 amortize:01 hickey:01 ocamlc:01 ocamlopt:01 ideally:01 bug:01 faq:01 beginner's:01 beginners:01 bin:01 compiler:01 caml-bugs:01 ocaml:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Fortunately you can amortize the cost of this change to your Makefile across all your builds. In the limit it approaches 0. Lex On Sun, 18 May 2003, Ed L Cashin wrote: > Lex Stein writes: > > > 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. > > I've never used ocamlc -- I have no reason to, so I tend to think of > ocamlopt as the ocaml compiler. Ideally, ocamlc and ocamlopt would be > equally flexible. > > It never occurred to me that I'd have to create a more complex > makefile just to get real separate compilation during development by > using ocamlc, doing ocamlopt only at the end. > > -- > --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