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 JAA29056; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:20:03 +0100 (MET) 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 JAA28881 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:20:02 +0100 (MET) Received: from mailout11.sul.t-online.com (mailout11.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.85]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h2F8K1X26672 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:20:01 +0100 (MET) Received: from fwd10.sul.t-online.de by mailout11.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 18u6ta-0001SE-02; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:19:58 +0100 Received: from elgin.eder.de (0897003512-0001@[217.235.252.191]) by fwd10.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 18u6tW-1X5cZcC; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:19:54 +0100 Received: from elgin.eder.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elgin.eder.de (8.12.6/8.12.6/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h2F8JpxU016713; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:19:51 +0100 Received: (from are@localhost) by elgin.eder.de (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h2F8Jp3V016710; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:19:51 +0100 From: Andreas.Eder@t-online.de (Andreas Eder) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <15986.57894.728248.912531@elgin.eder.de> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 09:19:50 +0100 To: Tushar Samant Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml popularity In-Reply-To: <20030315014353.GL18288@pobox.com> References: <005d01c2e76f$92d0f8b0$2713f9ca@WARP> <200303111023.LAA09578@pauillac.inria.fr> <20030315014353.GL18288@pobox.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.4 (patch 12) "Portable Code" XEmacs Lucid X-Sender: 0897003512-0001@t-dialin.net X-Spam: no; 0.00; eder:99 caml-list:01 pants:99 ocaml:01 writes:01 emacs:01 mean:05 programmers:06 andreas:07 programmer:08 language:10 lay:89 think:11 U4:88 kind:12 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Tushar Samant writes: > A Dummies > book abandons the responsibility of being truthful all the time, > and hence manages to communicate with harried, seat of the pants > programmers. You know that it's just this type--myself included-- > which stands the most to benefit from a safe fast language. I think dumbing down is not the right way (c) to go. It would be far better to try to educate the harried, seat of the pants programmer, than to cater to his perceived needs. There are already too many of this kind and we definitely need better educated programmers; and I mean educated, not trained! 'Andreas --=20 Wherever I lay my .emacs, there=B4s my $HOME. ------------------- 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