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 WAA26509; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:16:16 +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 WAA27135 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:16:15 +0100 (MET) Received: from fichte.ai.univie.ac.at (fichte.ai.univie.ac.at [131.130.174.156]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g2KLGDP26938; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:16:13 +0100 (MET) Received: (from markus@localhost) by fichte.ai.univie.ac.at (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) id WAA16793; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:16:12 +0100 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:16:12 +0100 From: Markus Mottl To: Xavier Leroy Cc: Gerd Stolpmann , Johan Georg =?iso-8859-1?Q?Granstr=F6m?= , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] The DLL-hell of O'Caml Message-ID: <20020320211612.GB16120@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> Mail-Followup-To: Xavier Leroy , Gerd Stolpmann , Johan Georg =?iso-8859-1?Q?Granstr=F6m?= , caml-list@inria.fr References: <3C8C9FE1.2060904@gerd-stolpmann.de> <000d01c1c95b$866bc060$0b01a8c0@mit.edu> <20020312230047.M1173@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> <20020320222038.A3148@hg.cs.mu.oz.au> <3C98863F.6060208@gerd-stolpmann.de> <007601c1d00f$f3b81960$0c6fa8c0@invariant.se> <3C989156.6010906@gerd-stolpmann.de> <20020320213925.A25391@pauillac.inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020320213925.A25391@pauillac.inria.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i Organization: Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Xavier Leroy wrote: > All we need for OCaml libraries is source distribution, a standardized > re-building procedure, Yes, please! > I believe this is a much more reasonable objective than dreaming > about binary compatibility and whatnot. Still, it's not trivial: > the authors of existing OCaml libraries (myself included) have some > work to do to implement fully automatic build of their libraries... Good to know that the INRIA-team is not neglecting this burning issue and thinking about solutions. I really hope that OCaml libraries get the reverse transcriptase they need to become really virulent for spreading to all machines on this planet :-) Regards, Markus Mottl -- Markus Mottl markus@oefai.at Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.oefai.at/~markus ------------------- 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