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 mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B442BC37 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2009 08:39:27 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8BAFxToErUSnIOmWdsb2JhbACbPgEBAQEJCwoHE70yhBsF X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,330,1249250400"; d="scan'208";a="32184853" Received: from mk-outboundfilter-6.mail.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.114.14]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Sep 2009 08:39:27 +0200 X-Trace: 136146503/mk-outboundfilter-6.mail.uk.tiscali.com/PIPEX/$PIPEX-ACCEPTED/pipex-temporary-group/80.47.116.10/None/gaius@gaius.org.uk X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 80.47.116.10 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: gaius@gaius.org.uk X-SMTP-AUTH: X-MUA: Apple Mail (2.936) X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aj0BAB9ToEpQL3QK/2dsb2JhbAAI2SGEGwU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,330,1249254000"; d="scan'208";a="136146503" X-IP-Direction: IN Received: from 80-47-116-10.lond-hex.dynamic.dial.as9105.com (HELO [192.168.1.3]) ([80.47.116.10]) by smtp.pipex.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP; 04 Sep 2009 07:39:26 +0100 Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Message-Id: <1B100014-CAA0-48A0-96CE-3C615ED36F81@gaius.org.uk> From: Gaius Hammond To: Jon Harrop In-Reply-To: <200909040108.32259.jon@ffconsultancy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why don't you use batteries? Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:39:25 +0100 References: <32407.45042.qm@web111512.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <200909040108.32259.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 apt-get:01 activestate:01 cheers:01 1.0:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 install:05 sep:06 mere:92 batteries:91 batteries:91 widespread:09 example:10 yet:12 On 4 Sep 2009, at 01:08, Jon Harrop wrote: > I would very much like to learn batteries and write OCaml Journal > articles > about it. The main reason I have not is not just that it has not > reached 1.0 > yet but that it is not a mere "apt-get install" away for most users. This (for example) is what other language communities count as "batteries included": http://www.activestate.com/activepython/ No disrespect intended towards the Batteries guys, but if the goal is to encourage widespread adoption, that's what to aim for. Cheers, G