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 AAA03050; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:49:55 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 AAA02898 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:49:54 +0100 (MET) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from web10301.mail.yahoo.com (web10301.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.130.79]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id h2HNnqX20725 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:49:53 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <20030317234951.2714.qmail@web10301.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [66.230.238.2] by web10301.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:49:51 NZST Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:49:51 +1200 (NZST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Graham=20Guttocks?= Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml popularity To: Gerd Stolpmann Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <1047340124.1105.24.camel@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 haskell:01 sms:99 telstra:99 ocaml:01 sml:01 wrote:03 toys:96 suppose:03 cousineau:04 mauny:05 seems:05 probably:05 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > > I suppose it has to do with the label "functional language", and > these languages are often seen as toys of academic > people. I.e. nothing for the real programmer. Not really sexy. If this is the case, I wonder why there are so many instructional texts available for SML (a couple dozen probably). Quite a few for Haskell as well. Only one (Cousineau & Mauny) for OCaml. Rather disappointing since OCaml seems more promising than any of these. ===== Regards, Graham http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile. ------------------- 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