From: Don Syme <dsyme@microsoft.com>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: RE: Looking for a nail
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 05:32:58 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <39ADCF833E74D111A2D700805F1951EF0F00B93A@RED-MSG-06> (raw)
> I'm not sure this is such a good idea for CAML. The non-OO part of
> CAML is quite mature, while the OO part is more like research. Forcing
> everybody to use CAML as an OO language is IMHO not a very nice thing.
> I do not use the OO part of CAML at all right now, and I'm pretty sure
> I'm not the only one. I think we need more experience with the OO part
> of CAML (or, more fundamentally with OO programming in a functional
> language) before choosing to use it for basic types.
Yes, I'd be interested to see a really convincing use of the utility of the
OO features, e.g. a program or library which is manifestly shorter, cleaner
and/or simpler when expressed with OO rather than the core features. I
guess people can take this as a challenge if they like :-) I'm open to be
convinced - but I'm not convinced yet.
That said, Xavier mentions the match between COM & Ocaml, which is a good
sign!
Cheers,
Don
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-01-28 13:32 Don Syme [this message]
1999-01-29 0:25 ` Markus Mottl
1999-01-31 18:43 ` John Whitley
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1999-01-29 0:45 Frank A. Christoph
1999-01-25 20:53 Hendrik Tews
1999-01-26 19:20 ` Ian T Zimmerman
1999-01-28 1:30 ` John Prevost
1999-01-28 20:10 ` Hendrik Tews
1999-01-27 1:29 ` Jacques GARRIGUE
1999-01-27 8:27 ` Jean-Christophe Filliatre
1999-01-28 9:34 ` Cuihtlauac ALVARADO
1999-01-24 21:06 Miles Egan
1999-01-24 23:01 ` Lyn A Headley
1999-01-25 8:44 ` Jean-Christophe Filliatre
1999-01-25 20:45 ` Markus Mottl
1999-01-25 13:36 ` mattwb
1999-01-25 20:48 ` Trevor Jim
1999-01-25 21:57 ` Gerd Stolpmann
1999-01-25 12:45 ` Michel Schinz
1999-01-25 20:37 ` Markus Mottl
1999-01-28 9:54 ` Michel Schinz
1999-01-28 14:13 ` Markus Mottl
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