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 WAA09703; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:16:53 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA11285 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:16:52 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3KKGljq016241 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:16:50 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp117-65.lns1.syd2.internode.on.net [150.101.117.65]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3KKGhZq004806; Wed, 21 Apr 2004 05:46:45 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: How can I lend developers to the Caml team? From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: George Orwell Cc: caml-list In-Reply-To: <86d018e7a078826f250c5b9203187a86@mixmaster.it> References: <86d018e7a078826f250c5b9203187a86@mixmaster.it> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1082492202.21205.532.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 21 Apr 2004 06:16:43 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 prestige:99 runtime:01 9660:01 glebe:01 compiler:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 caml:01 nsw:01 snail:02 precisely:02 checkout:02 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 21:46, George Orwell wrote: > Hey look, I think OCaml deserves a lot more prestige > and usage than it has. These are just my own honest > opinions. I am not trying to put people down. It's > my sincere belief that more developers would help. We all agree, including Xavier. However, the area most of us think requires more developers is the library and support tools, not the core compiler and runtime. The area of the compiler needing most work industrially is package management, precisely to *allow* greater community contribution to the library. -- 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