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 BAA14945; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 01:11:09 +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 BAA14992 for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 01:11:07 +0200 (MET DST) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from web41207.mail.yahoo.com (web41207.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.40]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i37NBxjq007771 for ; Thu, 8 Apr 2004 01:11:59 +0200 Message-ID: <20040407231105.89417.qmail@web41207.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.242.203.204] by web41207.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 07 Apr 2004 16:11:05 PDT Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 16:11:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Vasili Galchin Subject: Re: OCaml's Cathedral & Bazaar (was Re: [Caml-list] Completeness of "Unix" run-time library) To: Kip Macy , Benjamin Geer Cc: skaller@users.sourceforge.net, Vasili Galchin , Dustin Sallings , Kenneth Knowles , caml-list In-Reply-To: <20040406103751.O83128@demos.bsdclusters.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Miltered: at nez-perce by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml's:01 caml-list:01 run-time:01 pointers:01 bloat:01 terrible:01 kip:99 committee's:99 model:01 model:01 bug:01 faq:01 faq:01 beginner's:01 beginners:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 119 C++ has many more problems than that, e.g. gluing OO on a legacy languages, pointers, etc. Even without bloat it would be a terrible language. I am in no way suggesting making OCaml into some bloatware. Vasili --- Kip Macy wrote: > Widespread adoptance of C++ pre-dates the ISO > committee's bloating of > the language. > > -Kip > > On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Benjamin Geer wrote: > > > skaller wrote: > > > Caml has a different development model, and one > can > > > imagine a reluctance to move it closer to the > C++ > > > model for fear the result might be similar .. > > > > Do you mean wide use of the language in industry? > :) > > > > Ben > > > > ------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------- > 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ ------------------- 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