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 JAA21302; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:24:51 +0200 (MET DST) 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 JAA21305 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:24:49 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i367OkYM009544 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:24:47 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp116-94.lns1.syd2.internode.on.net [150.101.116.94]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i367OVKg089744; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:54:41 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: OCaml's Cathedral & Bazaar (was Re: [Caml-list] Completeness of "Unix" run-time library) From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: Vasili Galchin Cc: Dustin Sallings , Kenneth Knowles , caml-list In-Reply-To: <20040406042014.85553.qmail@web41210.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040406042014.85553.qmail@web41210.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1081236270.19232.41.camel@pelican> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 06 Apr 2004 17:24:31 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml's:01 caml-list:01 run-time:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 model:01 model:01 9660:01 glebe:01 ocaml:01 caml:01 media:98 nsw:01 snail:02 unix:02 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 62 On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 14:20, Vasili Galchin wrote: > Bottom line: there are a lot of > valuable contributions to OCaml that should be code > reviewed and if good checked-in! Alternative: C++, > i.e. sh*t! C++ has a formal ISO review process plus a community based development site (Boost), and other media (eg USENET). The code is free for any use, the specifications are not but they're cheap (thanks mainly to the USA national standards body). Caml has a different development model, and one can imagine a reluctance to move it closer to the C++ model for fear the result might be similar .. -- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net voice: 061-2-9660-0850, snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Checkout the Felix programming language http://felix.sf.net ------------------- 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