From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,23202754c9ce78dd X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,15edb893ef79e231 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,15edb893ef79e231 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,15edb893ef79e231 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-12 07:13:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!transit.news.xs4all.nl!rhinewceros.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Sender: andreas@teonanacatl.andreas.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Re: True faiths ( was Re: The true faith ) References: <3c36fbc5_10@news.newsgroups.com> <4idg3u40ermnp682n6igc5gudp7hajkea9@4ax.com> <76be8851.0201101909.9db0718@posting.google.com> <9jtu3u8cq92b05j47uat3412tok6hqu1ki@4ax.com> <3C3FB4CA.14998012@nyc.rr.com> <0gjv3ucg1tb0guamnkcalt4sq1ki9plv2o@4ax.com> From: Andreas Bogk Date: 12 Jan 2002 16:44:40 +0100 Message-ID: <87advjlgk7.fsf@teonanacatl.andreas.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0806 (Gnus v5.8.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.109.134.227 X-Trace: 1010848421 dreader4.news.xs4all.nl 198 194.109.134.227 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:24111 comp.lang.ada:18822 comp.lang.eiffel:5371 comp.lang.smalltalk:17819 Date: 2002-01-12T16:44:40+01:00 List-Id: israel r t writes: > >Obviously the winner is any compiled (fast), GCed, GFing, MI dynamic > >language with macros. Mature, an ANSII standard and a free > >implementation would not hurt either. hang on... > And Ocaml wins again ! :-) OCaml doesn't have generic functions, and it is statically typed. On the other hand it comes with algebraic data types, which can be handy... Andreas -- "In my eyes it is never a crime to steal knowledge. It is a good theft. The pirate of knowledge is a good pirate." (Michel Serres)