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From: Jon Harrop <jonathandeanharrop@googlemail.com>
To: Brian Hurt <bhurt@janestcapital.com>, caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Metaprogramming features
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:56:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200810061656.42903.jon@ffconsultancy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48EA1B54.5030200@janestcapital.com>

On Monday 06 October 2008 15:06:12 you wrote:
> Jon Harrop wrote:
> > Code is represented by the form:
> >
> >   .< 1 + 2 >.
> >
> > This may be executed using:
> >
> >   .! .< 1 + 2 >.
> >
> > Values may be injected into code using:
> >
> >   .< 1 + .~x >.
>
> I'm definitely missing something here.  How are the above examples
> different from:
> let f () = 1 + 2;;
> f ();;
> let f x = 1 + x;;
>
> ?
>
> This is a non-trivial question, as there is no clear delineation between
> data structures and executable code.

Exactly. The difference is (only) the performance characteristics.

-- 
Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?e


  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-06 14:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-03 14:34 Jacques Carette
2008-10-03 15:09 ` [Caml-list] " Dario Teixeira
2008-10-04  2:00   ` Jon Harrop
2008-10-04  9:03     ` David Teller
2008-10-04 14:22       ` Jon Harrop
2008-10-06 14:06     ` Brian Hurt
2008-10-06 15:56       ` Jon Harrop [this message]
2008-10-06 16:46         ` Chung-chieh Shan
2008-10-07  0:17           ` [Caml-list] " Jon Harrop
2008-10-07 12:49             ` Nicolas Pouillard
2008-10-07 15:36               ` Jon Harrop
2008-10-07 16:31                 ` Jacques Carette
2008-10-03 16:01 ` [Caml-list] " David Teller
2008-10-03 21:14   ` Paolo Donadeo
2008-10-04  2:17   ` Jon Harrop
2008-10-04  9:10     ` David Teller
2008-10-04  0:49 ` Stefano Zacchiroli
2008-10-04  2:03   ` Jon Harrop
2008-10-04  8:23     ` Richard Jones
2008-10-04 14:31       ` Jon Harrop
2008-10-04 13:57         ` Richard Jones
2008-10-04 19:41           ` Jon Harrop
2008-10-04 19:04             ` Richard Jones
2008-10-05  1:05               ` Jon Harrop
2008-10-06 16:54               ` Chung-chieh Shan

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