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 CAA24035; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 02:26:35 +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 CAA23085 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 02:26:34 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.203]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i8S0QW81019991 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 02:26:33 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp202-133.lns1.syd3.internode.on.net [203.122.202.133]) by smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8S0QSOU058926; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:56:29 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] C++ STL and template features compared with OCaml parametric polymorphism and OO features From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: brogoff Cc: caml-list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1096331187.28613.715.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 28 Sep 2004 10:26:28 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 4158AFB8.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 brogoff:01 pointers:01 amusing:01 amusing:01 iterator:01 haskell:01 functorial:01 9660:01 glebe:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 sml:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 02:41, brogoff wrote: > I've thought for a while that a hybrid of C++, Ada, and Pascal, with the awful > C++ syntax fixed, pointers restricted, and especially downward funargs, would > be an amusing imperative language, and it would address tha second problem you > mention, without requiring GC. But functional languages are more amusing :-). Thats Felix (http://felix.sf.net) > I don't think that iterator based libraries is the right thing in an > OCaml (or SML or Haskell) setting. That may be so, but functorial polymorphism is necessary for better reusability. -- 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