Olivier LeFevre wrote,
| "R.S. Nikhil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
|
| > Sisal researchers [...] deliberatly chose to avoid higher-order functions,
| > polymorphism, laziness, etc.
|
| In a first release, yes, but I believe higher-order functions were included in
| Sisal 2.0, which was almost ready for shipping when the Sisal project was
| abruptly terminated by LANL management.
|
| >From what I understand, internal LANL politics, not internecine warfare within
| the FP community, was the cause of the shutdown. LANL seems to be betting the
| farm on C++ (PETE, POOMA). Personally I find the tecniques uased in PETE
| interesting but they amount to pushing work that ought to be done by the
| compiler (at least IMO) into the libraries and onto the library writers, which
| uncharitable souls might call a cop-out.
The Sisal project was at LLNL (Lawrence Livermore). PETE and POOMA are
indeed LANL (Los Alamos) projects.
The Sisal project was funded primarily by the US Department of Energy's
Basic Energy Science office, and if I recall correctly, when the DOE funding
was lost, Livermore management did manage to keep Sisal going for a time.
Cheers,
--Joe
Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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