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 WAA30646; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 22:31:39 +0200 (MET DST) 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 WAA30639 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 22:31:38 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from www.invert.com (invert.com [209.164.21.15]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f58KVaL25872 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 22:31:37 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from miles@localhost) by www.invert.com (8.10.1/8.10.1AA) id f58KVH828564; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 13:31:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from miles) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 13:31:17 -0700 From: Miles Egan To: Chris Hecker Cc: Jonathan Coupe , leary@nwlink.com, caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml complexity Message-ID: <20010608133117.A28472@caddr.com> References: <20010607015821.B11344@jean> <002c01c0ef7f$e154f3e0$5d26883e@baby> <20010608024102.A13672@jean> <003601c0f016$7ac12940$a00bfea9@baby> <4.3.2.7.2.20010608131019.03c8c840@shell16.ba.best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010608131019.03c8c840@shell16.ba.best.com>; from checker@d6.com on Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 01:22:44PM -0700 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 01:22:44PM -0700, Chris Hecker wrote: > > Do people actually see the current "market penetration" of ocaml as a problem? > One big problem would be if INRIA didn't think it was popular enough to > continue funding it, but anything short of that is not disasterous. We might > get more libraries and whatnot with more people, but there would be downsides > to more popularity as well. I certainly don't think Ocaml's popularity or lack thereof is a problem and I agree there advantages in letting it grow at its own pace. I'm mainly interested in increasing its market penetration where I work so I can stop writing Python code. -- miles ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr