Re: [Caml-list] choosing modules at runtime

[Dave Mason <dmason@sarg.ryerson.ca>]

>>>>> On Wed, 02 Oct 2002 15:04:48 +0200, Alessandro Baretta <alex@baretta.com> said:

> One example: I'd love to write a generic client application capable
> of connecting with a database server for the data and to a remote
> repository of compiled modules implementing the logic of different
> application tasks the customer wishes the system to
> automate. Dynlink already partially solves the problem by allowing
> dynamic linking of cmo's over NFS, but dynamic linking over other
> network transport protocols would be a real pain, requiring explicit
> downloading and temporary storage.

We will very shortly be releasing just such a thing, called InetApp.
It only runs bytecode, but it runs transparently on Windows, Mac, and
Linux.  Hopefully the release will be in the next few weeks.

> And finally, a mixed byte-native runtime is not supported.

This is definitely something I'd like to see.  As I understand it,
there are 2 problems: bytecode vs. native function dispatch, and GC.
Trying to resolve this is on my list of things to do, but it's a long
list, so I'd love to hear that someone else has done it first!

../Dave
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