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 QAA28455; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:27:26 +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 QAA30004 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:27:20 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail0.lsil.com (mail0.lsil.com [147.145.40.20]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i7REREXe018894 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:27:19 +0200 Received: from milmhbs0.lsil.com (mhbs.lsil.com [147.145.1.30]) by mail0.lsil.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i7REQDcq003978; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:26:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rm10.lsil.com (rm10.lsil.com [147.145.140.210]) by milmhbs0.lsil.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7RER43C008416; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:27:04 -0700 Received: from localhost (rm140pc129 [147.145.140.129]) by rm10.lsil.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id i7REQwb11173; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:27:01 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dortmann by localhost with local (Exim 4.34) id 1C0hgw-0001Rj-DE; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:26:58 -0500 To: Brian Hurt Cc: skaller , John Goerzen , caml-list Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Alternative Bytecodes for OCaml References: From: Daniel Ortmann Date: 27 Aug 2004 09:26:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 412F44C3.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 bytecodes:01 dortmann:99 lsil:99 interfacing:01 interfacing:01 wether:01 python:01 lsil:99 gdds:99 dortmann:99 2414:99 jabber:01 jabber:01 ocaml:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Why not CORBA? I must be missing something. Brian Hurt writes: > On 26 Aug 2004, skaller wrote: > > > Curious though why you'd want to... interfacing to C I can > > understand. But why bother with the JVM or Java? [...] > Better interfacing with other Java components. I know of at least one > programmer who is currently using Jython, who would love to switch over to > Ocaml- but can't, because he needs to talk to stuff written in Java. > > Wether or not it's a good replacement for the main virtual machine is open > to debate. I comment that Jython hasn't become the main Python > environment either. But that doesn't mean it's a bad idea. -- Daniel Ortmann, LSI Logic, 3425 40th Av NW, Suite 200, Rochester MN 55901 work: Daniel.Ortmann@lsil.com / 507.535.3861 / 63861 int / 8012.3861 gdds home: dortmann@charter.net 507.288.7732, 2414 30Av NW #D, Rochester MN 55901 gpg/pgp public key: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net jabber: daniel_ortmann@jabber.org / dortmann@jabber.co.lsil.com ------------------- 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