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The mix of languages used, as evident on Github, is interesting: OCaml 30.6% C 20.5% HTML 13.1% C++ 13.0% Python 11.2% TeX 6.7% Wonder how that came

The mix of languages used, as evident on Github, is interesting: OCaml 30.6% C 20.5% HTML 13.1% C++ 13.0% Python 11.2% TeX 6.7% Wonder how that came about... The feature list looks quite impressive: * generates highly optimised ISO C++ * advanced resource manager organises compilation and linkage * often runs faster than C * glueless binding to C and C++ libraries * lightweight threads with channels * asynchronous network I/O * thread safe garbage collection * strictly statically typed * overloading * first order parametric polymorphism * polymorphism with constraints * multitype Haskell style type classes * type classes with real semantic specification * semantics can be checked by theorem provers * strong functional subsystem * pattern matching * first class function, sum, and product types * Tre based regexp processing built in * bindings to Gnu GMP and Gnu GSL included * user definabled and inline extensible grammar * builds on all platforms * runs on all platforms * open source FFAU (free for any use) licence

colejohnson66 10y ago
That "free for any use" license is quite unpleasant. It's not really any different than the WTFPL. By not even including a mention of no warranty at all, you're opening yourself up to a wide variety of possible lawsuits due to "implied warranty". The "license" doesn't even say if you can /modify/ the code. It just says you can /use/ it. You could get in some big trouble for modifying the code if the author decided to sue you over changing the code at all. In fact, it just says the software is free to use, not the code. I might even go as far as saying that because just the software is free to use, it's no different than a proprietary program you can't modify at all, but you can see it's source. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6047560 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6047560

colejohnson66 10y ago

That "free for any use" license is quite unpleasant. It's not really any different than the WTFPL. By not even including a mention of no warranty at all, you're opening yourself up to a wide variety of possible lawsuits due to "implied warranty". The "license" doesn't even say if you can /modify/ the code. It just says you can /use/ it. You could get in some big trouble for modifying the code if the author decided to sue you over changing the code at all. In fact, it just says the software is free to use, not the code. I might even go as far as saying that because just the software is free to use, it's no different than a proprietary program you can't modify at all, but you can see it's source. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6047560 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6047560