From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64DCFBC0A for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 04:15:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smarty.dreamhost.com (smarty.dreamhost.com [208.113.175.8]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l4E2F9qY027552 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 04:15:11 +0200 Received: from slaughter.dreamhost.com (balanced1.webmail.dreamhost.com [66.33.201.161]) by smarty.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1552EE2AE for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 19:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail.fischerventure.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slaughter.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3BA65B5ED for ; Sun, 13 May 2007 19:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 67.190.239.207 (SquirrelMail authenticated user robert@fischerventure.com) by webmail.fischerventure.com with HTTP; Sun, 13 May 2007 21:15:08 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19475.67.190.239.207.1179108908.squirrel@webmail.fischerventure.com> In-Reply-To: <200705121127.41247.jon@ffconsultancy.com> References: <20070512102633.GA520@first.in-berlin.de> <200705121127.41247.jon@ffconsultancy.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 21:15:08 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [ 1/2 OT ;-) ] This sounds very functional to me... From: "Robert Fischer" To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.9a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4647C62E.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; bandel:01 fsharp:01 beginner's:01 ocaml:01 bug:01 revolution:98 26,:98 frog:98 beginners:01 closures:01 wrote:01 wrote:01 oliver:01 caml-list:01 caml-list:01 The functional revolution is underway, people just don't realize it yet. My favorite example is Java's revolutionary "Spring" framework, which uses "inversion of control" -- basically just a weak, limited version of function passing. Sooner or later business will start to realize they need to move beyond Java/C#: it's just going to take some nudging along. ~~ Robert. On Sat, May 12, 2007 5:27 am, Jon Harrop wrote: > On Saturday 12 May 2007 11:26, Oliver Bandel wrote: >> ... does FP ideas become more and more popular? > > Yes. The LINQ project brings functional programming to databases. Both > Java > and C# are adopting functional features (like closures). > > -- > Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. > The F#.NET Journal > http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/fsharp_journal/?e > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs > ~~ Robert Fischer. Fischer Venture Management Corporation