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 SAA13567; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:09:17 +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 SAA13779 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:09:15 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i69G9BEV025502 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:09:13 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp216-145.lns1.syd3.internode.on.net [203.122.216.145]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i69G914Y021726; Sat, 10 Jul 2004 01:39:02 +0930 (CST) Subject: RE: [Caml-list] tail recursion and register poor Intel architecture From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: "Brandon J. Van Every" Cc: caml-list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1089389340.29648.364.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 10 Jul 2004 02:09:00 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 40EEC327.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 recursion:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 brandon:99 2004:99 brandon:99 9660:01 glebe:01 implements:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 nsw:01 snail:02 checkout:02 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 00:45, Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > skaller wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 09:01, Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > > > by the time anybody > > > actually implements what I'm talking about the P-IIIs will be mostly > > > gone. > > > > Don't be forgetting microcontrollers! > > In OCaml? How about an aircraft heads-up display and instrument unit using a PIII, and Ocaml? I can't see why you'd not want to opt for a language where you can actually reason the code is correct -- would you prefer your aircraft to use a C program? -- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net voice: 061-2-9660-0850, snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Checkout the Felix programming language http://felix.sf.net ------------------- 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