From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43776BDCB for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:48:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j84DmeT1019241 for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:48:41 +0200 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 PAA02990 for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:48:38 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from furbychan.cocan.org (furbychan.cocan.org [80.68.91.176]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j84DmXiM019224 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:48:37 +0200 Received: from rich by furbychan.cocan.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1EBv4B-0006G5-00 for ; Sun, 04 Sep 2005 15:01:51 +0100 Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:01:49 +0100 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: Feeding the OCaml GUI troll Message-ID: <20050904140116.GA18166@furbychan.cocan.org> References: <20050830174757.99765.qmail@web30510.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <200508302001.58080.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <3d13dcfc05083101487092acd5@mail.gmail.com> <43168841.9000302@havenrock.com> <1125580528.7192.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1125646841.735.57.camel@acerf.exomi.com> <1125664781.7262.51.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1125664781.7262.51.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 431AFB38.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 431AFB31.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ocaml:01 inverted:01 event-driven:01 notepad:01 boa:98 wrote:01 algorithm:01 purely:02 functional:02 gui:04 sep:04 complex:04 horrible:04 fri:05 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 10:39:41PM +1000, skaller wrote: > The fact the control inverted (event driven) form > is object oriented/procedural, yet equivalent to > a purely functional algorithm, makes mechanical > control inversion attractive -- but the utility > is only apparent in more complex examples. Another good example where it makes sense is in writing web servers. Have a look at the source to (event-driven webserver) BOA sometime - it's absolutely horrible. Rich. -- Richard Jones, CTO Merjis Ltd. Merjis - web marketing and technology - http://merjis.com Team Notepad - intranets and extranets for business - http://team-notepad.com