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 VAA30364; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:51:57 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 VAA30871 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:51:56 +0100 (MET) Received: from mel-rto2.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-2.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.254]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id gA8Kpt519508 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:51:55 +0100 (MET) Received: from mel-rta9.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.69) by mel-rto2.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3DA24CF6013532E4; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:47:35 +0100 Received: from iliana (81.49.169.241) by mel-rta9.wanadoo.fr (6.5.007) id 3DA24B2901417252; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:47:35 +0100 Received: from luther by iliana with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18AG2P-0001K6-00; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 21:47:33 +0100 Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:47:33 +0100 To: jeanmarc.eber@lexifi.com Cc: Sven Luther , Nicolas Cannasse , achrist@easystreet.com, caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml on Windows please advise Message-ID: <20021108204733.GA4958@iliana> References: <20021104212354.44502.qmail@web20504.mail.yahoo.com> <005901c284ef$c7cebc60$6e00a8c0@warp> <3DC80A15.84B8C129@easystreet.com> <005c01c285c5$ff0ae1f0$6e00a8c0@warp> <3DC97461.7D694203@easystreet.com> <20021107093019.A8856@pauillac.inria.fr> <3DCB0335.CE7D7B82@easystreet.com> <007f01c2874e$1fe64a20$6e00a8c0@warp> <20021108181441.GA4322@iliana> <1036786849.3dcc1ca1c3e34@imp.pro.proxad.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1036786849.3dcc1ca1c3e34@imp.pro.proxad.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: Sven Luther Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 09:20:49PM +0100, jeanmarc.eber@lexifi.com wrote: > Quoting Sven Luther : > > > > > > > I wrote the Osiris library, a native Win32 GUI 100% OCaml which is > > built on > > > top of the OCaml Win32 API . This enable you to easily create and > > manipulate > > > GUI components ( as easy as Borland VCL but still incomplete ). Then I > > wrote > > > and XML toplevel so that you can write your interface in xml ( this > > took me > > > only two days, and the result is far more readable that any C > > equivalent > > > would have been ). This done, I created a tool called "Dragoon3" which > > was > > > designed to be a multi user resources sharing platform for the 3D game > > my > > > company was planning : Virtual file system, duplicate data stored in > > DB, > > > check in & out, and plugins enable.... all in Ocaml. Then I finally > > wrote > > > the 3D Engine for the game ( DirectX based ) and interfaced it with > > OCaml so > > > I could instanciate and manipulate 3D objects with it. > > > > > > The results have been very good : 2x speedup in development process, > > > shorter code : easier to maintain, and great perfs. > > > > But windows only :((( > > > > Friendly, > > > > Sven Luther > > What's the problem about that ? Why :(((( ? > Isn't it fine that ocaml is used *natively* on the win32 platform also ? Yes, but that would mean that the apps developped for it will only be usable for on windows only, which let many people out in the cold. In particular, i would love to play a ocaml based games, not that i have time for it but still, but since i don't have windows, ... Also, i remember when i was some time back at the AFIG conference, there where the people making the outcast games explaining how they did their software rendering and all, and i asked them about a linux port, since they software was not using any hardware acceleration, in these pre-DRI times it would have been a good candidate for a linux port. They esquived my question, and look where they are now ? Maybe the publicity coup they would have made with releasing a linux games would have saved them. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- 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