From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DA65BC28 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:54:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iA88sS3D012306 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:54:28 +0100 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 JAA22313 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:54:27 +0100 (MET) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iA88sRCr010501 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:54:27 +0100 Received: from ibm3.cicrp.jussieu.fr (ibm3.cicrp.jussieu.fr [134.157.15.3]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.12.11/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id iA88sRlB048225 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:54:27 +0100 (CET) X-Ids: 166 Received: from ibm1.cicrp.jussieu.fr (ibm1.cicrp.jussieu.fr [134.157.15.1]) by ibm3.cicrp.jussieu.fr (8.8.8/jtpda/mob-V8) with ESMTP id JAA20212 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:51:58 +0100 Received: from localhost (fernande@localhost) by ibm1.cicrp.jussieu.fr (8.8.8/jtpda/mob-v8) with ESMTP id JAA708814 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:52:05 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: ibm1.cicrp.jussieu.fr: fernande owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:52:05 +0100 (NFT) From: Diego Olivier Fernandez Pons X-X-Sender: fernande@ibm1 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] native code and ZINC machine In-Reply-To: <20041106093748.GA26835@yquem.inria.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.8 (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.166]); Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:54:27 +0100 (CET) X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 418F3444.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 418F3443.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at shiva.jussieu.fr with ID 418F3443.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Antivirus: scanned by sophie at shiva.jussieu.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; pons:01 pons:01 caml-list:01 bytecode:01 compiler:01 qu'avoir:01 compilateurs:01 detecter:01 bogues:01 compilateurs:01 bogue:01 compilateur:01 d'evaluer:01 ...:98 native:02 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: Bonjour, Xavier Leroy a =E9crit : [...] > However, following the principle of least surprise, it tries to > enforce the same evaluation order as the bytecode compiler, that is, > right-to-left. J'aurai tendance =E0 penser qu'avoir des compilateurs qui =E9valuent leurs arguments dans des sens diff=E9rents est plus une force qu'une faiblesse. Cela permet de d=E9tecter des bogues (car il est raisonnable d'estimer que tout code va =EAtre test=E9 sur les deux compilateurs). J'ai trouv=E9 une fois dans mon code un bogue car j'=E9valuait mentalement de gauche =E0 droite et le compilateur de droite =E0 gauche. Ce jour j'ai compris l'utilit=E9 d'=E9valuer dans un ordre que je trouvais auparavant "anti-intuitif". Diego Olivier