From: Don Syme <dsyme@microsoft.com>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: RE: Looking for a nail
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 05:32:58 -0800
> I'm not sure this is such a good idea for CAML. The non-OO part of
> CAML is quite mature, while the OO part is more like research. Forcing
> everybody to use CAML as an OO language is IMHO not a very nice thing.
> I do not use the OO part of CAML at all right now, and I'm pretty sure
> I'm not the only one. I think we need more experience with the OO part
> of CAML (or, more fundamentally with OO programming in a functional
> language) before choosing to use it for basic types.
Yes, I'd be interested to see a really convincing use of the utility of the
OO features, e.g. a program or library which is manifestly shorter, cleaner
and/or simpler when expressed with OO rather than the core features. I
guess people can take this as a challenge if they like :-) I'm open to be
convinced - but I'm not convinced yet.
That said, Xavier mentions the match between COM & Ocaml, which is a good
sign!
Cheers,
Don
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