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Date: | 2002-05-16 (20:34) |
From: | Chris Hecker <checker@d...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Camlp4/OCaml [was: Generating C stubs] |
I don't want to get into any "human problem" with the inria folks, but a brief technical note is warranted, I think: I believe meta-programming, both at the parsing level that camlp4 does, and taking it farther to being able to meta-program with types, other semantics, at code gen time, and throughout the compiler, is a very important area of research for moving programming languages (and the craft of programming) forward. There seems to be a lot of research on this (camlp4 has been referenced in research papers a couple times), and I hope there's more in the future. I don't care much about the revised syntax (I'd switch if it was deemed "official"), but the meta-programming part of camlp4 should be valued by the team, in my opinion. When I talk to other programmers in my industry about caml, I mention camlp4 as one of the features they should consider when evaluating the language relative to other languages. Chris "I'd rather write programs to write programs than write programs." - Dick Sites ------------------- 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