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=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A84F6BBCA for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:23:04 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAM6RCEjAXQIm/2dsb2JhbACsKQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,678,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="11621966" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 18 Apr 2008 21:23:04 +0200 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m3IJN3ef032189 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:23:04 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AnMAAM6RCEhCm3xrnWdsb2JhbACRYwEBAQEBCA4HmiQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,678,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="11086338" Received: from www.janestcapital.com (HELO smtp.janestcapital.com) ([66.155.124.107]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 18 Apr 2008 21:23:03 +0200 Received: from nyc-qws-018.delacy.com [38.105.200.250] by janestcapital.com with ESMTP (SMTPD-9.10) id A5160410; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:23:02 -0400 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml Summer Project decisions are in From: Yaron Minsky To: Dario Teixeira Cc: Caml List In-Reply-To: <865618.45090.qm@web54601.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <865618.45090.qm@web54601.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:23:01 -0400 Message-Id: <1208546581.16295.108.camel@nyc-qws-018.delacy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 (2.6.3-1.fc5.5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 4808F517.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 yaron:01 minsky:01 yminsky:01 0100,:01 cheers:01 ocaml:01 bindings:01 cheers:01 yaron:01 minsky:01 yminsky:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 pottier:01 On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 17:42 +0100, Dario Teixeira wrote: > > And the project descriptions are up for your perusal. > > > > We chose 6 projects out of the more than 30 that we received this year. > > This page has links to the full text of the accepted proposals. > > Hi, > > Let me just express my thanks for this initiative -- all of the six > projects you picked are very relevant and address the most pressing > needs of the community! > > I have some additional comments on some of these projects: > > multicore - I reckon it won't be difficult to find people willing to > test the new GC; but should this project be successful, are there > plans to merge it into mainstream? We spoke with Xavier before accepting this project. If the project is successful and the results are of sufficiently high quality, at least some of the results have a real chance of making it into mainstream. > menhir - there's another feature that Menhir could benefit from: > better integration with Ulex; I believe that Menhir's developers > have already expressed their intention of doing this -- are there > any developments on that front? I suggest forwarding any suggestions along those lines to Francois Pottier, who is mentoring the Menhir project. I have heard nothing on this front. > qtcaml - I realise this project aims to complete only the first stage > (it is after all a significant effort); still, it is a huge step > forward, so cheers for that. As previously discussed on this list, > there are many among us who think of Qt as the best toolkit for > developing graphical apps and have therefore longed for Ocaml > bindings. I agree that this is a pretty exciting project if it pans out. > Cheers, > Dario Teixeira > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Sent from Yahoo! Mail. > A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > -- Yaron Minsky