From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 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 B6357BC69 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:13:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de (einhorn.in-berlin.de [192.109.42.8]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l7KLDapV013979 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:13:36 +0200 X-Envelope-From: oliver@first.in-berlin.de X-Envelope-To: Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by einhorn.in-berlin.de (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id l7KLDYUG015126 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:13:35 +0200 Received: (from www-data@localhost) by einhorn.in-berlin.de (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l7KLDYvL015124 for caml-list@inria.fr; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:13:34 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: einhorn.in-berlin.de: www-data set sender to oliver@first.in-berlin.de using -f Received: from dslb-088-073-099-124.pools.arcor-ip.net (dslb-088-073-099-124.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.73.99.124]) by webmail.in-berlin.de (IMP) with HTTP for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:13:34 +0200 Message-ID: <1187644414.46ca03fec9aaf@webmail.in-berlin.de> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:13:34 +0200 From: Oliver Bandel To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: RE: [Caml-list] If OCaml were a car References: <20070818192157.GA11789@furbychan.cocan.org><6806cf750708181324l724823c6w304f9088980c3316@mail.gmail.com><46C76557.5050308@cs.caltech.edu><56864F61-40F3-4F03-9823-6D510AD5320B@epfl.ch> <1187639685.46c9f1859d769@webmail.in-berlin.de> <002401c7e368$7991f120$6a7ba8c0@treble> In-Reply-To: <002401c7e368$7991f120$6a7ba8c0@treble> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.6 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang_at_IN-Berlin_e.V. on 192.109.42.8 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 46CA0400.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; bandel:01 in-berlin:01 ocaml:01 wikipedia:01 wikipedia:01 wiki:01 ocaml:01 ocaml's:01 unix-module:01 wiki:01 napoleon:98 drove:98 wrote:01 oliver:01 oliver:01 Zitat von David Allsopp : > > > Maybe I ride this car too often to realize (or I'm dumb) but I don't > > > get the joke about controls. > > [...] > > > > I would think this is only a joke from an american person about > > french cars? > > On which side do they drive in USA, and on which in french? > > So the controls are on the other side. > > Erm, I think you'll find that the French, Americans (and Germans) all drive > on the same side of the road? [...] Ooops, so it was UK.... ...then maybe caltech.edu must be british, ;-) (...well, geographics never was my cup of tee ;-) ) or if not, it was really meant to to the Standardlib to drive the wrong side? ;-) Ciao, Oliver P.S.: In Japan the also drive on the left side. P.P.S.: Oh, I found this map on Wikipedia (sorry, german language, but colored): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:RechtsverkehrUndLinksverkehr.png In the corresponding article they wrote, that French had left-sided driving before Napoleon, but that in USA in the beginning they also drove on the left side (British Influence). So, really complicated thing... So, what does this say about OCaml? Does the time functions of OCaml's Unix-module count the seconds backward? P.P.P.S.: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:London_Look_Right.jpg