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=1.9 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C847EBB84 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:25:02 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AiEHANDOo0hQDPIuWmdsb2JhbACCNC2PEgEWBAcGEgUro0yBVQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.32,210,1217800800"; d="scan'208,217";a="16116197" Received: from smtp21.orange.fr ([80.12.242.46]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 14 Aug 2008 15:25:02 +0200 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf2128.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 193141C0004D for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:25:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from Thinkpad-R60 (Mix-Lyon-121-2-103.w193-250.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.250.68.103]) by mwinf2128.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with SMTP id 637C11C0004B for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:25:01 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20080814132501407.637C11C0004B@mwinf2128.orange.fr Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:39 +0200 From: "Damien Guichard" To: "caml-list@yquem.inria.fr" Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Haskell vs OCaml X-mailer: Foxmail 5.0 [-fr-] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====003_Dragon128630831458_=====" Message-Id: <20080814132501.637C11C0004B@mwinf2128.orange.fr> X-Spam: no; 0.00; damien:01 guichard:01 haskell:01 ocaml:01 haskell:01 damien:01 ocaml:01 flamewar:01 flamewar:01 wrote:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 lazy:02 lazy:02 caml:02 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=====003_Dragon128630831458_===== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well said Brian. Any tutorial is good enough at underlining respective language features. Haskell has lazy evaluation, Caml has strict evaluation, don't pretend it's a secret and don't ask whether good or bad. Be responsible, try it yourself if needed, then choose yourself. - damien > circ ular wrote: > > > What are the advantages/disadvantages when comparing OCaml to Haskell? > > > The biggest disadvantage of comparing Ocaml to Haskell would have to be > causing a long, pointless flamewar. Offhand, I can't think of an upside. > > Brian --=====003_Dragon128630831458_===== Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
 
Well said Brian.
 
Any tutorial is good enough at underlining respective language features.
Haskell has lazy evaluation, Caml has strict evaluation, don't pretend it's a secret and don't ask whether good or bad. 
Be responsible, try it yourself if needed, then choose yourself.
 
- damien
 
 
 
> circ ular wrote:
>
> > What are the advantages/disadvantages when comparing OCaml to Haskell?
>
>
> The biggest disadvantage of comparing Ocaml to Haskell would have to be 
> causing a long, pointless flamewar. Offhand, I can't think of an upside.
>
> Brian
 
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