Jonathan Tran on 16 Jun 2008 07:32:03 -0700


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Re: thoughts on OCaml?

  • From: "Jonathan Tran" <jonnytran@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: thoughts on OCaml?
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:31:54 -0400
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> Does anyone on the list have experience with OCaml? Likes, dislikes?

A little.  Likes and dislikes.  What are you thinking of using it for?


> ... define a plugin API and load plugins at runtime ...

To ease any fears Kyle may have spawned in you, I believe OCaml does
this C-style by loading function pointers into references (i.e. into
mutable memory cells).