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 EAA03879; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 04:50:47 +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 EAA04061 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 04:50:46 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from shell5.ba.best.com (shell5.ba.best.com [206.184.139.136]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f9K2ojn22625 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 04:50:45 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from localhost (bpr@localhost) by shell5.ba.best.com (8.9.3/8.9.2/best.sh) with ESMTP id TAA16454 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:50:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:50:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Rogoff To: Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Whither the Caml Consortium? In-Reply-To: <20011020012347.A29847@quincy.inria.fr> Message-ID: <20011019192854.N9735-100000@shell5.ba.best.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Michel Mauny wrote: > Brian> What's become of the Caml Consortium? > > Patrick> I can understand motivations to keep quiet about plans but I think it > Patrick> would really help to open up this information. > > Well, it is not that the Consortium is willing to keep its plans > secret, but more that it is starting slowly. We have 3 members so far, > and we'd like to have a few more before the end of this year. That number is embarassingly small. I've seen a number of posts here from people at large companies. It is amazing that so few of these companies are willing to join, and that relatively small companies like Artisan, where I work, and FluxMedia, should be taking a leadership role. Next time someone whines on the list about "O when can functional programming languages be accepted in industry", I think my answer will be something like, "When functional programmers quit whining and start actually trying to make their favorite language successful". Some part of that task for industrial programmers is joining the Consortium. Surely there are more than three companies using OCaml? Thanks for getting the ball rolling Michel, and hopefully some more lurkers will change their status soon. -- Brian ------------------- 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