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 XAA00403; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:16:51 +0100 (MET) 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 XAA00958 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:16:50 +0100 (MET) Received: from cmailg4.svr.pol.co.uk (cmailg4.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.195.174]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hADMGo104798 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:16:50 +0100 (MET) Received: from modem-1105.beedrill.dialup.pol.co.uk ([217.135.36.81]) by cmailg4.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AKPlh-00046y-5v for caml-list@inria.fr; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:16:49 +0000 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:16:46 +0000 (GMT) From: John J Lee X-X-Sender: john@alice To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Executable size? In-Reply-To: <3FB3EB57.8070305@atcorp.com> Message-ID: References: <3FB2B050.8050901@atcorp.com> <3FB3A6A6.8010108@atcorp.com> <3FB3EB57.8070305@atcorp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 python:01 ocaml:01 executables:01 nov:01 o'caml:02 comparison:02 executable:03 wrote:03 modem:94 probably:05 lee:94 definition:06 quite:06 maybe:06 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Eric Dahlman wrote: [...] > So I would say that it is totally possible to "enhance" a language like > ocaml to generate tiny hello world executables, but I would much rather > have the bright people working on O'Caml write something of more value. Sure, that makes sense. > I know that my definition of value is probably at odds with yours in > this case. ;-) Well, maybe not: 45k is very far from huge even for a puny modem, after all, and a worthwhile factor of ten improvement over the smallest Python "hello world" I've seen. (though that 45k doesn't include decompression for initial unzipping, so the comparison I make there isn't quite correct) Thanks for everybody's responses. John ------------------- 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