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 UAA05952; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:37:34 +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 UAA06556 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:37:32 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i7RIbUQm005728 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:37:31 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp212-216.lns2.syd3.internode.on.net [203.122.212.216]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7RIbH4Y015310; Sat, 28 Aug 2004 04:07:17 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Alternative Bytecodes for OCaml From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: John Goerzen Cc: caml-list , Nicolas Cannasse In-Reply-To: <200408271255.43586.jgoerzen@complete.org> References: <200408250926.28629.jgoerzen@complete.org> <003701c48ab9$e324f750$0100a8c0@warp> <200408271255.43586.jgoerzen@complete.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1093631836.15255.1424.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 28 Aug 2004 04:37:16 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 412F7F6A.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 bytecodes:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 python:01 9660:01 glebe:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 interfaces:01 nsw:01 snail:02 fewer:02 modules:02 modules:02 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 03:55, John Goerzen wrote: > One of the classic, common, and often still valid arguments against > functional languages is that there are far fewer modules available for > them than for a l > anguage like Perl, Python, or Java. I'm talking about text-processing, > network interaction, etc. The way to get a library of important utilities for Ocaml is to (a) make interfaces to C and (b) write the code in Ocaml. The main argument for interoperability isn't to get commonly available modules from other languages -- its to get access to *custom* code written for other systems. Apart from Swing .. well what common Java library would be remotely interesting in Ocaml? -- 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