On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 15:19 +0100, Keyan wrote: > Hi, > > i have a large project written in C++, for which i am planing to write > add-ons and tools in ocaml, e.g. different tools to analyse my code > (dependency stuff), an interpreter for a script-language i plan to include, > etc, etc. form my time at the uni i remembered that ocaml allows to compile > libraries which can be included in c/c++ program, and i know people who use > it extensively in other projects. therefore, i decided to give ocaml a try. i > like functional programming, and my first steps with ocaml are very promising. > > following this discussion, i am not so sure anymore, if ocaml is a good > decision. may be i got this discussion wrong, but if ocaml is dying out, i > might have to look for another functional programming language to use with my > project. >
Functional programming languages will never become mainstream. There is a thread on haskell-mailing-list from time to time. What language you chose should depend always on your (your team) skills, tools and tasks. -Philip > please dont take this email as an offence. i am just curious. at this point, > i can still easily look for an alternative to ocaml, so its best to ask now. > > regards, > keyan > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs