<ben>
I don't know C, and thought ocaml might be easier to learn.
<JGibson>
perhaps
<JGibson>
i think it has a some advantages over c
<ben>
I got the impression from the reading I did,
<ben>
that it was a higher-level language than C.
<JGibson>
yea
<ben>
I'm used to scripting languages like Python, PHP, etc.
<JGibson>
it's not like we need the speed for 90% of what we do. plus, if you for some reason need the absolute fastest code, you can always interface ocaml with c.
<ben>
Sure.
<ben>
I take it that ocaml takes care of memory (de)allocation for you?
<JGibson>
yup
<JGibson>
you can control it to an extent too, in case the default setup doesn't work properly for your app
<ben>
I run Linux (Redhat), and was interested in turning out ELF binaries.
<ben>
Do I understand that it can compile into both an...
<ben>
interpreted bytecode, and native executable?
<JGibson>
yup
<JGibson>
it works on a fair number of systems too
<JGibson>
i don't have the list handy though
<ben>
I thought about using it for programs on machines with limited resources.
<ben>
For example, I don't necessarily want to install Python on a 486
<ben>
but might could get by with an ocaml lib and compiled program.
<ben>
Perhaps that's bad thinking.
<JGibson>
yea. i don't know how the memory consumption is. the shootout link has some info i think.
<JGibson>
if you're going to have half of it compiled, you may as well compile it all. imo
<ben>
Yikes, I'd better hit the sack.
<ben>
Thanks for the info.
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<MegaWatS>
hi
<jemfinch>
howdy
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<ketanu>
Ther is a matter with the ocaml distributions : the maintainer for an ocaml library provided a package depending on ocaml>=3.04 while the ocaml package in debian is still on version 3.02 : isn't that quite strange ?
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<ketanu_>
Ther is a matter with the ocaml distributions : the maintainer for an ocaml library provided a package depending on ocaml>=3.04 while the ocaml package in debian is still on version 3.02 : isn't that quite strange ?
<samx>
that's free open source for you. nothing is ever quite as it should be
<ketanu_>
wuw ?
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