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 UAA32629; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:05:43 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id UAA32652 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:05:42 +0200 (MET DST) 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 BAA21066 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 01:23:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from swordfish.cs.caltech.edu (swordfish.cs.caltech.edu [131.215.44.124]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g7UNNWD18597 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 2002 01:23:33 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from orchestra.cs.caltech.edu (orchestra.cs.caltech.edu [131.215.44.20]) by swordfish.cs.caltech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5683DF268; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:23:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mvanier@localhost) by orchestra.cs.caltech.edu (8.11.6/8.9.3) id g7UNNUg19117; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:23:30 -0700 Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:23:30 -0700 Message-Id: <200208302323.g7UNNUg19117@orchestra.cs.caltech.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: orchestra.cs.caltech.edu: mvanier set sender to mvanier@cs.caltech.edu using -f From: Michael Vanier To: vsl@ontil.ihep.su Cc: jhw@wetware.com, caml-list@inria.fr In-reply-to: (message from Vitaly Lugovsky on Fri, 30 Aug 2002 17:13:43 +0400 (MSD)) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] objective caml and industry References: Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 17:13:43 +0400 (MSD) > From: Vitaly Lugovsky > > On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Michael Vanier wrote: > > > Change takes time. I think chasing after industry acceptance of ocaml is > > the wrong strategy. > > It already accepted functional programming. Look at what Microsoft > Research have done - isn't them represent the industry? Microsoft has a research interest in functional programming. Though that's perhaps encouraging, it's a far cry from trying to promote FP as something programmers should learn. C# (which they do promote as something programmers should learn) is a long, long way from FP. Still, every little bit helps. Mike ------------------- 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