[rabbitmq-discuss] ocaml libs

Mon Dec 28 19:17:48 GMT 2009

Tony,

Looking at Lwt it seems that for an OCaml AMQP lib it might be the 
(only?) way to go. I bet you're right though regarding the inadequacies 
of Lwt and missing piece between sockets and events otherwise there 
would probably already be an AMQP lib. :)

-Joe

On 12/28/09 10:47 AM, Joe Williams wrote:
> Thanks Tony,  I'll take a look at SML/NJ.
>
> -Joe
>
>
> On 12/28/09 3:59 AM, Tony Garnock-Jones wrote:
>    
>> Hi Joe,
>>
>> I was looking into this over the xmas break. It ought to be possible to
>> get something working fairly quickly, but whether it'll work well or
>> efficiently I don't know. The biggest missing piece was integration
>> between sockets and the Event module. Alternatives like Lwt 2.0 were a
>> bit disappointing. I suppose plain old threading could work well enough;
>> I don't know enough of OCaml style and idiom to know what is the right
>> approach here.
>>
>> I looked into SML/NJ, as well. What a lovely system! The lightweight
>> continuations make for good integration between sockets and CML. So, if
>> it were my spare time, I'd likely build an SML/NJ library rather than an
>> OCaml one :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>>     Tony
>>
>>
>> Joe Williams wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> I haven't been able to find anything. Anyone know of a good OCaml AMQP
>>> client library?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> -Joe
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>    

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