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=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCDD8BC69 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:02:32 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAB86REfBAkMt/2dsb2JhbAA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,448,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="4487006" Received: from vega.fmf.uni-lj.si (HELO postar.fmf.uni-lj.si) ([193.2.67.45]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 21 Nov 2007 23:02:32 +0100 Received: from localhost (unknown [192.168.5.1]) by postar.fmf.uni-lj.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96B811F6136; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:02:30 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at spam.fmf.uni-lj.si Received: from postar.fmf.uni-lj.si ([192.168.5.5]) by localhost (spam.fmf.uni-lj.si [192.168.5.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 85naaMfFXglS; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:02:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (BSN-77-148-136.static.dsl.siol.net [193.77.148.136]) (Authenticated sender: bauer) by postar.fmf.uni-lj.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id C46761F5EB2; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:02:29 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4744AAFB.8090703@fmf.uni-lj.si> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:02:35 +0100 From: Andrej Bauer Reply-To: Andrej.Bauer@andrej.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14pre (X11/20071023) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Cc: Thomas Fischbacher Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Announcement: ocaml-based magnetism simulation package References: <474481A0.2000703@functionality.de> In-Reply-To: <474481A0.2000703@functionality.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam: no; 0.00; andrej:01 andrej:01 ocaml:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 python:03 python:03 simulation:05 drawbacks:05 interface:06 interface:06 bauer:09 bauer:09 suspected:10 writing:12 Thomas Fischbacher wrote: > (The user interface is python, though.) I have suspected for a while that writing the computational part in ocaml and the user interface in python is a good combination. What is your experience? Are there any drawbacks? Would you do it again? Andrej