Re: When functional languages can be accepted by industry?

From: Sven LUTHER (luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr)
Date: Tue Apr 18 2000 - 12:53:01 MET DST

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    On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 03:49:23AM +1000, John Max Skaller wrote:
    > No doubt the compiler I'm writing in Ocaml will be fast enough.
    > But there is no way CAML will compete with the C++ code the compiler
    > generates.
    > [At least not the way the CAML bytecode interpreter is written]

    Bytecode, ...

    what about the native code compiler ?

    If you are comparing Ocaml to C++, at least use similar stuff. Or else you
    should compare to bytecode java, or interpreted C++ (if such a thing exists).

    Friendly,

    Svne LUTHER

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