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Subject: Re: ocaml

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:24:18 06/20/02

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On June 20, 2002 at 16:19:05, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On June 20, 2002 at 15:57:47, Oliver Roese wrote:
>
>>On June 20, 2002 at 14:12:41, Peter Fendrich wrote:
>>
>>>Has anyone used ocaml writing their engine?
>>>
>>>Peter
>>
>>I have never used it, but i found it recently and i am already very
>>enthusiastic about it.
>>It has a undogmatic mixture of functional and imperative
>>elements, is very well implemented, completely free and
>>has a growing community.
>>It can be compiled and interpreted and has modulsupport.
>>Definitely worth to hava look at (though it does _not_ fit everyones
>>need...)
>>
>>Oliver
>
>
>How would you compare ocaml to Python?  How about to C# (or VB.NET)?

Caml is a functional programming language.
http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/general-eng.html
Python is a scripting language.

C# and VB.NET are .NET languages designed to create front ends for Web apps.
I think they are all very differently targeted.  It does not make a lot of sense
to compare them.

Probably, all of them are bad choices to write a chess engine unless you happen
to be an expert in that language and a neophyte in one of the common chess
programming langauges like C, C++ or Delphi.

>Thanks for any responses!



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