From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id WAA27626; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 22:36:48 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 WAA02632 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 22:36:47 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from rabelais.socialtools.net (rabelais.socialtools.net [81.2.94.243]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h9BKak103856 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 22:36:46 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by rabelais.socialtools.net (Postfix, from userid 108) id 11AB92331D; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 21:36:46 +0100 (BST) Received: from socialtools.net (chaucer.socialtools.net [81.2.94.242]) by rabelais.socialtools.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2D90232DA; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 21:36:42 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <3F8869DB.3080709@socialtools.net> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 21:36:43 +0100 From: Benjamin Geer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-gb, en, fr, it MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Jones Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] perl4caml (Call Perl code and functions from Objective Caml) References: <20031011183643.GB17818@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20031011183643.GB17818@redhat.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.76.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on rabelais.socialtools.net X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 caml:01 caml:01 native:02 wrote:03 library:03 perl:03 perl:03 interfaced:04 efficient:05 functions:05 languages:06 benjamin:07 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Richard Jones wrote: > A wrapped Perl library would never be as fast or efficient as a native > OCaml implementation, but at least the option would be there. And you could use Perl as an extension language for OCaml. I think this is a good idea; the more languages that can be interfaced with OCaml, the better. Ben ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners