From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BE57BCB0 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 03:57:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j5A1vvcr021682 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 03:57:57 +0200 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 DAA29424 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 03:57:57 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.203]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j5A1vtW8021679 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 03:57:56 +0200 Received: from Rosella (ppp35-43.lns1.syd2.internode.on.net [59.167.35.43]) by smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j5A1vqvj050432; Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:27:53 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Caml on intel-OSX From: John Skaller To: Jacques Garrigue Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <20050610.094151.133749660.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> References: <1118330851.8693.10.camel@rosella.wigram> <36973.131.254.50.45.1118334009.squirrel@mail.irisa.fr> <1118357500.8693.80.camel@rosella.wigram> <20050610.094151.133749660.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:57:54 +1000 Message-Id: <1118368674.8693.114.camel@rosella.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42A8F3A5.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42A8F3A3.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 bytecode:01 ocamlrun:01 dlls:01 ocaml:01 bytecode:01 gpl:01 binary:01 ocaml:01 glebe:01 wrote:01 sourceforge:01 sourceforge:01 unix:01 nsw:01 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 09:41 +0900, Jacques Garrigue wrote: > From: John Skaller > What you're trying to say is not completely clear to me, especially > as you mix "sane" unix systems with "insane" msvc++. Since when is market driven technology 'sane'?? :) > But the whole point is that, if you're satisfied with bytecode, you > only need ocamlrun and the dlls to run any ocaml bytecode executable. Ok. Good. > Actually it might be a good idea to provide such minimal binary > platforms for a variety of systems. This would make my friend happy, and probably some other Ocaml developers too. "Write once, run anywhere" for Ocaml sounds good to me -- -- John Skaller, skaller at users.sf.net PO Box 401 Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia Ph:61-2-96600850 Download Felix here: http://felix.sf.net