From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43BD5D176 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:35:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp8.wanadoo.fr (smtp8.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.23]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j6VHZtnp016863 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:35:56 +0200 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0807.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id D92AA1C001F2 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:35:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from oemcomputer (Mix-Lyon-302-4-146.w193-248.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.248.231.146]) by mwinf0807.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with SMTP id 9DB341C001F0 for ; Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:35:53 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20050731173553646.9DB341C001F0@mwinf0807.wanadoo.fr Message-ID: <004e01c595f6$14623100$92e7f8c1@oemcomputer> From: "alphablock" To: "caml-list" Subject: [Caml-list] ANN: OCaml meets lego bricks Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:34:17 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 42ED0BFC.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 functionnal:01 damien:01 inventories:98 inventories:98 wrote:01 sourceforge:01 modules:01 construct:02 context:04 php:92 formal:07 rather:07 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.2 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 Can the rather formal and academic world of OCaml meet the rather artistic and fairy world of lego toys? I think yes and i wrote Peeroml to prove it. As far as i know it's a première, functionnal technologies have never been used in a Lego-CAD context. The Peeroml package allows one to construct lego parts inventories or deconstruct them from a lego set catalog. Download here: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/alphablock/downloads/Peeroml.zip Here are to some links to popular Lego-CAD tools: LDRAW: http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=90 MLCAD: http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/ LDVIEW: http://ldview.sourceforge.net/Downloads.html PEERON inventories: http://www.peeron.com/ Considerations, - damien my lego page: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/alphablock/