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=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AE34BC0A for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:35:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net (ptb-relay01.plus.net [212.159.14.212]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kBMBZVFl020528 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:35:32 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=[10.0.0.5]) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1GxigT-0008AG-Jq for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:35:31 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Scripting in ocaml Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:32:56 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <6dbd4d000612201941wcd4b09anc503a13889576512@mail.gmail.com> <20061221202520.GG9440@apotheon.com> <458AF864.20902@hq.idt.net> In-Reply-To: <458AF864.20902@hq.idt.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200612221132.57219.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 458BC303.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 runtime:01 run-time:01 ocaml:01 statically:01 frog:98 wrote:01 typing:01 typing:01 caml-list:01 unsafe:01 unsafe:01 caml:02 objective:02 checking:02 On Thursday 21 December 2006 21:11, Serge Aleynikov wrote: > What I meant by "strict typing" was performing type checks *at runtime*, > i.e. that there are no unsafe operations. I'd call run-time type checking "dynamic typing" and type checking such that there are no unsafe operations "strong typing". So OCaml is strongly, statically typed. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. Objective CAML for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists