From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id SAA22809; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:20:34 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA21631 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:20:33 +0100 (MET) Received: from postfix2-2.free.fr (postfix2-2.free.fr [213.228.0.140]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id gA9HKX515724 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:20:33 +0100 (MET) Received: from imp2-1.free.fr (imp2-1.free.fr [213.228.0.22]) by postfix2-2.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C389C5F798; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:20:30 +0100 (CET) Received: by imp2-1.free.fr (Postfix, from userid 33) id 733CA58044; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:20:30 +0100 (CET) To: Sven Luther Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml on Windows please advise Message-ID: <1036862429.3dcd43ddeffb9@imp.free.fr> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 18:20:29 +0100 (CET) From: Warp Cc: jeanmarc.eber@lexifi.com, Sven Luther , achrist@easystreet.com, caml-list@inria.fr References: <20021104212354.44502.qmail@web20504.mail.yahoo.com> <005901c284ef$c7cebc60$6e00a8c0@warp> <3DC80A15.84B8C129@easystreet.com> <005c01c285c5$ff0ae1f0$6e00a8c0@warp> <3DC97461.7D694203@easystreet.com> <20021107093019.A8856@pauillac.inria.fr> <3DCB0335.CE7D7B82@easystreet.com> <007f01c2874e$1fe64a20$6e00a8c0@warp> <20021108181441.GA4322@iliana> <1036786849.3dcc1ca1c3e34@imp.pro.proxad.net> <20021108204733.GA4958@iliana> In-Reply-To: <20021108204733.GA4958@iliana> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.6 X-Originating-IP: 80.14.218.98 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk [...] > > > But windows only :((( > > > > > > Friendly, > > > > > > Sven Luther > > > > What's the problem about that ? Why :(((( ? > > Isn't it fine that ocaml is used *natively* on the win32 platform also > ? > > Yes, but that would mean that the apps developped for it will only be > usable for on windows only, which let many people out in the cold. In > particular, i would love to play a ocaml based games, not that i have > time for it but still, but since i don't have windows, ... > > Also, i remember when i was some time back at the AFIG conference, > there > where the people making the outcast games explaining how they did > their > software rendering and all, and i asked them about a linux port, since > they software was not using any hardware acceleration, in these > pre-DRI > times it would have been a good candidate for a linux port. They > esquived my question, and look where they are now ? Maybe the > publicity > coup they would have made with releasing a linux games would have > saved > them. That's an OT subject... almost troll :) Back to the thread, I would say that to port of such a game would only need the port of the C 3D functions DLL based on the OCaml interface which could be disclosed without the need to release the entire game source code ( often a problem for us industrials - no flames please ). And actually only people building the game care about the R&D tools, which can also be built by porting Osiris to *Nix systems ( eg by using GTK ). OCaml so is really useful because you only need to take care of the low-level library port ( which can be open sourced if you release only the interfaces ) which is a pretty good compromise for both industrials and end users. Nicolas Cannasse ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners