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 AAA03498; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:35:43 +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 AAA03111 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:35:42 +0100 (MET) Received: from post.webmailer.de (natsmtp00.webmailer.de [192.67.198.74]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h2CNZff02921 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:35:41 +0100 (MET) Received: from pD952EC32.dip.t-dialin.net (pD952EC32.dip.t-dialin.net [217.82.236.50]) by post.webmailer.de (8.12.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id h2CNZeSX018767 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:35:40 +0100 (MET) From: Michael Schuerig Organization: - To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml popularity Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:35:39 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200303122334.34982.schuerig@acm.org> <20030312231352.GC372@phaeton.entropie.net> In-Reply-To: <20030312231352.GC372@phaeton.entropie.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303130035.39823.schuerig@acm.org> X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 weber:99 application':01 generically:01 stuffing:99 ocaml:01 business:96 wrote:03 data:03 enterprise:94 usual:07 i'm:07 written:08 www:91 michael:08 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thursday 13 March 2003 00:13, Martin Weber wrote: > I don't know what usually classifies as 'enterprise application' but > I think what I'm doing is one - application(s) written solely for the > use within the producing corner - no end user will ever see it In my experience, the term "enterprise application" is not used generically for all custom or behind-the-scenes application used in an enterprise. Rather, it's used more specifically for applications that handle large amounts of data managed in databases; stuffing data into and getting it out of a DB and accomodating business processes while doing so. I've been working on this kind of software for a couple of years and can't say that I'm particularly attracted to it. To be sure, I recognize that there are interesting aspects to it, but it's not what I myself find interesting. Also, as I said before, I don't see that OCaml provides a decisive advantage for *this* kind of software. Michael -- Michael Schuerig The usual excuse for our most unspeakable mailto:schuerig@acm.org public acts is that they are necessary. http://www.schuerig.de/michael/ --Judith N. Shklar ------------------- 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