From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id UAA13562 for caml-redistribution; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:58:35 +0100 (MET) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA11188 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:33:10 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail4.microsoft.com (mail4.microsoft.com [131.107.3.122]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA11686 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:33:08 +0100 (MET) Received: by mail4.microsoft.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2524.0) id ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 05:33:04 -0800 Message-ID: <39ADCF833E74D111A2D700805F1951EF0F00B93A@RED-MSG-06> From: Don Syme To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: RE: Looking for a nail Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 05:32:58 -0800 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2524.0) Sender: weis > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ At the lab: At home: Microsoft Research Cambridge 11 John St St George House CB1 1DT Cambridge, CB2 3NH, UK Ph: +44 (0) 1223 744797 Ph: +44 (0) 1223 722244 http://research.microsoft.com/users/dsyme email: dsyme@microsoft.com "You've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequel to your life" -- Pavement, Shady Lane ------------------------------------------------------------------------