[Xen-devel] Re: ocaml?? why??

[John Levon <levon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 02:51:32PM +0100, Vincent Hanquez wrote:

> >Put another way: xenstored is hardly stretching C's capabilities. xend
> >is hardly stretching Python's (at least now Twisted isn't used). Where
> >is the /need/ for a new, little-understood, language to be used?
> >  
> I understand what you means (audience wise it's true), however i think 
> that's very misleading to say it's a "new/little-understood" language. 

Sorry, I wasn't clear: I meant new to Xen. If Xen source base had been
OCaml in the first place, it would be a different matter.

> OCaml has been great to use. Programming the same functional tree store 
> with advanced transaction merging capability in the C version would have 
> been a major pain, compared to how (almost) easy it was in OCaml.

So, I'm interested: why?

regards
john

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