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 JAA31601; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:04:12 +0200 (MET DST) 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 JAA30083 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:04:11 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mwinf0501.wanadoo.fr (smtp5.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.26]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i7V74AJW009552 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:04:10 +0200 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0501.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with SMTP id AEFC0400232; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:04:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pegasos (AStrasbourg-251-1-51-25.w82-126.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.126.216.25]) by mwinf0501.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 8402F4001D6; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:04:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from luther by pegasos with local (Exim 4.34) id 1C22sJ-0004Z1-5r; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:16:15 +0200 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:16:15 +0200 To: "Brandon J. Van Every" Cc: caml Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Cross-compiling OCaml Message-ID: <20040831071614.GA17506@pegasos> References: <20040831060903.GA16777@pegasos> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i From: Sven Luther X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 413422EA.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 sven:01 luther:01 sven:01 luther:01 2004:99 brandon:99 mingw:01 lablgtk:01 inclined:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 caml:01 0700,:01 mainstream:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 11:50:27PM -0700, Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > > > This would indeed be a great great additional functionality. > > Well, speaking as a Windows-centric guy, I'd rather people just put > their time into good Windows support. I realize that the Linux / mingw What for ? It is boring, the tools are subadequat, and any try to compile a nice ocaml/lablgtk app for windows too resulted in no more than a major time lose. > crowd isn't so inclined towards that. I'm just saying that mainstream > Windows developers don't see cross-compilation from Linux as valuable. > First class native Windows support is what counts. Well, but i guess the majority of caml developers are compiling under linux, so ... And things will probably change drastically from your current perceived situation over the next 5 years or so. 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