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[Caml-list] - Convert Caml to C/C++, C#, PHP, etc -

axllaruse
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From:	Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+ocaml@m...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] - Convert Caml to C/C++, C#, PHP, etc -

axllaruse wrote:

> I would like to convert all the MTASC open source project to
> C/C++ or PHP. 

Sorry, but you're crazy.

MTASC is a compiler and compilers are one of the tasks that
Ocaml does better that all of the languages you mention.

Converting the MTASC compiler to a less capable language (yes, C++
is less capable) would be an exercise in extreme Greenspunning:

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun's_Tenth_Rule

in that you would need to implement in the target language many
features that are built into Ocaml.

Erik
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