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 BAA00208; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:11:42 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA00194 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:11:40 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from ext-nj2gw-1.online-age.net (ext-nj2gw-1.online-age.net [216.35.73.163]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f2QNBdP29723; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:11:39 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from int-nj2gw-3.online-age.net (int-nj2gw-3.online-age.net [3.159.236.67]) by ext-nj2gw-1.online-age.net (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1/990426-RLH) with ESMTP id SAA26296; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:07:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from uswaumsxb4medge.med.ge.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by int-nj2gw-3.online-age.net (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1/990426-RLH) with ESMTP id SAA13870; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:09:45 -0500 (EST) Received: by USWAUMSXB4MEDGE with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:11:32 -0600 Received: from mrs.mrs.med.ge.com (MRS [3.57.196.1]) by uswaumsxbhmedge.med.ge.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id H43C5FZG; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:11:25 -0600 Received: (from gurr@localhost) by mrs.mrs.med.ge.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) id PAA00810; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:11:08 -0800 (PST) From: David Gurr To: Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 15:11:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200103262311.PAA00810@mrs.mrs.med.ge.com> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why not article in journal ? (was Why People Aren't Using OCAML?) X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > From: Xavier Leroy > > I must confess some irritation, mixed with amusement, towards this > Jelovic op-ed piece and similar well-meaning but basically clueless > piece of advice that flourishes on the Web, on Usenet, and in computer > magazines. My summary of this type of advice is "Make the easy easier and make the hard harder". If you want to turn Ocaml into the next visual basic, it is excellent advice. If you want to turn Ocaml into the next Ocaml, then I think it is best that you and the "someones at INRIA" keep doing what you all have been doing. I vote for the latter. -David Gurr PS I do appreciate the "dry and boring academic papers". ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr. Archives: http://caml.inria.fr