[Ocaml-biz] limits, libraries, technical markets

[William D. Neumann]

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Brian Hurt wrote:

> The definition of wart is in the beholder.  31-bit ints I would term a
> trade-off.  Yes, they're occassionally annoying, but we get faster GC in
> return, and they're only occassionally annoying.  Other times, they're
> mainly Ocaml not salvaging bad code.

Definitely in the eye of the beholder.  I do crypto for a living, and the 
31-bit ints are a pain in my ass -- it means I end up dropping to C far 
more often than I would like to.  On the other hand, I could care less 
about the size limits of strings and arrays -- I've never once come close 
to reaching them.

William D. Neumann

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