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=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none 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 E4013BC69 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 06:20:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net (ptb-relay02.plus.net [212.159.14.213]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kA95KxAo029302 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 06:20:59 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=[10.0.0.5]) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Gi2LR-00046d-1C for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:20:57 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] parameterized pattern Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 05:19:45 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <454FA5F8.5030106@hq.idt.net> <4a708d20611081555i1f860911rfb7a29d31a34ce7a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611090519.45998.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4552BABB.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 extensional:01 polymorphism:01 gcaml:01 ocaml:01 extensional:01 polymorphism:01 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 supported:01 caml:02 objective:02 pattern:04 i'm:09 On Thursday 09 November 2006 01:45, brogoff wrote: > It's a pity, as I've often wished that OCaml supported the extensional > polymorphism that GCaml has, but I don't think that's going to happen. > It would probaby make more sense to create a separate language at this > point, since OCaml is complicated enough. I think F# provides some form of extensional polymorphism. I'm not convinced that it is a good idea yet... -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. Objective CAML for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists