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 LAA04321; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 11:52:56 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id LAA04123 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 11:52:56 +0200 (MET DST) 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 LAA03290 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 11:26:56 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mel-rto3.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-3.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.233]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g719Qtr20231 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 11:26:55 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.193) by mel-rto3.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3D1848E601321D10; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 11:26:54 +0200 Received: from gallu.home (80.11.201.119) by mel-rta10.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3D2A791600B360E4; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 11:26:53 +0200 Received: from gildor by gallu.home with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17aCIc-00024S-00; Thu, 01 Aug 2002 11:31:14 +0200 Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 11:31:14 +0200 To: Oleg Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] How many people in the world know OCAML? Message-ID: <20020801093114.GB7748@gallu.home> References: <200207311717.NAA04011@dewberry.cc.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200207311717.NAA04011@dewberry.cc.columbia.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: Sylvain LE GALL Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 01:19:28PM -0400, Oleg wrote: > ... one could probably get an estimate from > > a) the number of downloads of the O'Reilly book and O'Caml manual > > b) the number of people subscribed to caml-list > > c) the number of unique posters per month (people are unlikely to change > their email addresses on this time scale) [this number equals 143 for July, > according to my records] > > Not everyone who knows O'Caml is subscribed / posts to caml-list of course, > and vice versa. Can anyone get a better estimate? > > Thanks > Oleg Hello, You are a bit pessimistic. In France many people use Caml Light, and his brother Ocaml, because it is taught in many school. So you have to add the number of people who are taught in college and school about Ocaml. Sylvain LE GALL ps : just for Caml Light it is around 5000 per year ( number of people in MP/Informatique ) ------------------- 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