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 UAA18331; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 20:36:23 +0200 (MET DST) 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 UAA15506 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 20:36:21 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from sark.cc.gatech.edu (sark.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.7.23]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h6NIaJf06778; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 20:36:19 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from gaia.cc.gatech.edu (gaia.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.8]) by sark.cc.gatech.edu (8.12.9/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h6NIa2OG003648; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:36:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from fernando@localhost) by gaia.cc.gatech.edu (8.12.9/8.12.8) id h6NIa2a8001165; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:36:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:36:02 -0400 From: Fernando Alegre To: David Brown Cc: Xavier Leroy , Gerd Stolpmann , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] GODI (was: CTAN/CPAN for Caml (COCAN ...?)) Message-ID: <20030723183602.GA10069@gaia.cc.gatech.edu> References: <20030715180953.GA8821@redhat.com> <3F17AC55.7050908@ozemail.com.au> <20030718072901.A11777@speakeasy.org> <1058615717.6545.84.camel@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> <20030723113546.A24774@pauillac.inria.fr> <20030723175627.GA10475@davidb.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030723175627.GA10475@davidb.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; alegre:01 gatech:01 caml-list:01 cpan:01 camlimages:01 lablgl:01 lablgtk:01 non-issue:01 linked:01 ocaml:01 caml:01 0700,:01 module:03 wrote:03 library:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 10:56:27AM -0700, David Brown wrote: > I also disagree that the namespace problem is a minor issue. I think it > will be a hindrance to use of Ocaml for moderate to large projects. Me too :-) The project I am working on consists of a dozen OCaml applications sharing a common library. The library has so far 250 files and 50K lines of Ocaml code. Most applications are also linked with Camlimages, LablGL, LablGtk, plus some C and FORTRAN code. Module namespace is starting to be a problem in this medium sized project. On the other hand, packaging is a non-issue for us. Fernando ------------------- 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