Yaron, This is probably out-of-topic, but: are you, or have you considered, using the .NET implementation of OCaml. I managed - painstakingly - to integrate it into a toy .NET project of mine, using .NET Direct3D, and see some virtue in that combination.
If only we Haskellers would be as lucky: both a fast implementation and an integrated one with a Real (trademark...) environment such as .NET :-( /David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yaron Minsky > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:28 PM > To: S. Alexander Jacobson > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Haskell] Job Posting (Looking for a few good > functionalprogrammers) > > S. Alexander Jacobson wrote: > > > Yaron, would you mind sharing the reason your firm chose OCaml over > > Haskell for your applications? > > I started the quantitative research group, and I knew OCaml > very well, and didn't know Haskell except by reputation. As > to the merits, it is my general impression that OCaml is > faster, and is all around a more pragmatic language than > Haskell. That's merely an ill-informed impression, but there it is. > > Yaron > > > For others, I would love to organize an informal gathering of NYC > > Haskell programmers if there are any. If you are > interested, please > > contact me and I'll try to make it happen. > > > > -Alex- > > ______________________________________________________________ > > S. Alexander Jacobson tel:917-770-6565 http://alexjacobson.com > > > > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Yaron Minsky wrote: > > > >> Jane Street Capital (an affiliate of Henry Capital > >> <http://henrycapital.com>) is a proprietary trading > company located > >> in Manhattan. The quantitative research department is > responsible for > >> analyzing, improving, and generating trading strategies. It's an > >> open and informal environment (you can wear shorts and a > t-shirt to > >> the office), and the work is technically challenging, including > >> systems work, machine learning, statistical analysis, parallel > >> processing, and anything that crosses our path that looks useful. > >> > >> One unusual attraction of the job is that the large > majority of our > >> programming is done in OCaml. Pay is competitive, and we're a > >> reasonably small company (around 85 employees), so advancement is > >> pretty quick for someone who performs well. > >> > >> Here's what we're looking for: > >> > >> - Top-notch mathematical and analytic skills. We want people who > >> can solve difficult technical problems, and think clearly and > >> mathematically about all sorts of problems. > >> > >> - Strong programming skills. Pretty much all of our > programming is > >> in OCaml, so being a solid caml hacker is a big plus. But we're > >> also interested in great programmers who we are convinced will be > >> able to pick up OCaml quickly, so anyone with a high-level of > >> proficiency with functional languages could be a good match. > >> > >> - Strong Unix/Linux skills --- We're looking for someone > who knows > >> their way around the standard unix tools, can write > makefiles, shell > >> scripts, etc. We use a beowulf cluster for > compute-intensive jobs, > >> so experience programming for and administering clusters is a big > >> plus. > >> > >> If you're interested (or have any students you think might > be a good > >> match) and would be willing to relocate to New York, please send a > >> cover-letter and resume to: > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Haskell mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell > _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
