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Why is ocaml so big?

Giles Constant
- Florent Monnier
- Lukasz Stafiniak
  - Joel Reymont
    - Dominique Martinet
      - Lukasz Stafiniak
        
        Paolo Donadeo
        
        Stefan Monnier

Date:	-- (:)
From:	Stefan Monnier <monnier@i...>
Subject:	Re: Why is ocaml so big?

>> You need to write your own tailored version of "Pervasives".
> A simple question: is OCaml the right tool for a 64K demo? I don't think so...

Depends on how you define "64KB" (especially, how do you count shared
libraries and interpreters).  Compiling with the byte-compiler should
result in reasonably compact code.


        Stefan