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 VAA30709; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:24:50 +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 VAA30374 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:24:49 +0100 (MET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h2CKOmf23809; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:24:48 +0100 (MET) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA30746; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:24:48 +0100 (MET) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 21:24:48 +0100 From: Xavier Leroy To: Martin Weber Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml popularity Message-ID: <20030312212448.A30685@pauillac.inria.fr> References: <20030306232731.7374.qmail@web10305.mail.yahoo.com> <20030312185904.GB372@phaeton.entropie.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20030312185904.GB372@phaeton.entropie.net>; from Ephaeton@gmx.net on Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:59:05PM +0100 X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 salon:99 easy-to-use:99 rant:01 ocaml:01 caml:01 perl:03 wondering:04 programmers:06 feature:07 joys:07 difficult:07 programming:07 language:10 isn't:11 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > Exaggerating: > > Most programmers are idiots, and idiots won't be able to appreciate > the good things - they take the language which fits their intellectual > base. Still wondering why tons of people program in perl ? :) On a loosely related note, see the article at http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/05/cov_12feature.html titled "The dumbing-down of programming", and subtitled "Rebelling against Microsoft, 'My Computer' and easy-to-use wizards, an engineer rediscovers the joys of difficult computing." The beginning is a bit of a rant, but still "rediscovering the joys of difficult computing" isn't a bad line for Caml :-) - Xavier Leroy ------------------- 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