From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A025BC88 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:45:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from postfix3-1.free.fr (postfix3-1.free.fr [213.228.0.44]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j13LjGU7005259 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:45:16 +0100 Received: from warp (chateaudeau-4-82-225-176-25.fbx.proxad.net [82.225.176.25]) by postfix3-1.free.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id 178D517351A; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:45:16 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <007901c50a39$e4c7f350$19b0e152@warp> From: "Nicolas Cannasse" To: "Jon Harrop" , References: <891bd33905020213315a2ebb18@mail.gmail.com> <1107461173.14589.91.camel@pelican.wigram> <42028EB1.7060602@ntlworld.com> <200502032114.14693.jon@jdh30.plus.com> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Estimating the size of the ocaml community Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 22:47:01 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42029B6C.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; cannasse:01 warplayer:01 caml-list:01 ocaml:01 interfacing:01 camlidl:01 camlidl:01 imho:01 ocaml:01 lacks:01 stack:01 cannasse:01 frog:98 ...:98 underlying:01 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: > > For interfacing to C would it be helpful to create a tool for handling > > all the underlying stuff. > > Do you mean like CamlIDL: > > http://caml.inria.fr/camlidl/ > > -- > Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. IMHO, OCaml GC lacks C stack scanning. Is there a specific reason why it's not implemented ? I would be happy to get rid of CAMLparams, CAMLlocals and CAMLreturns... Nicolas Cannasse