From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6793BC88 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:33:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j14GXPnl008716 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:33:25 +0100 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 RAA30603 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:33:23 +0100 (MET) Received: from first.in-berlin.de (dialin-145-254-052-111.arcor-ip.net [145.254.52.111]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j14GXL8v032454 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:33:21 +0100 Received: by first.in-berlin.de (Postfix, from userid 501) id 5ECBCA73F8; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:12:51 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:12:51 +0100 From: Oliver Bandel To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Estimating the size of the ocaml community Message-ID: <20050204161250.GF498@first.in-berlin.de> References: <891bd33905020213315a2ebb18@mail.gmail.com> <8008871f05020213362d21ba87@mail.gmail.com> <000f01c50971$baad4840$0100a8c0@mshome.net> <1107403128.32586.223.camel@pelican.wigram> <20050203173556.4acec1c5.ocaml-erikd@mega-nerd.com> <1107461173.14589.91.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1107461173.14589.91.camel@pelican.wigram> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 4203A3D5.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4203A3D1.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; oliver:01 bandel:01 oliver:01 in-berlin:01 caml-list:01 ocaml:01 wrote:01 wrote:01 ocaml:01 interfacing:01 trivial:01 trivial:01 ...:98 lisp:01 flx:01 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 07:06:13AM +1100, skaller wrote: > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 05:06, Thomas Fischbacher wrote: > > > Anyway, this leaves us with a very interesting question: how many people > > actually do believe in the value of Ocaml? I, for myself, use it whenever > > it is the most appropriate tool for a job (usually, when portability is > > an issue). This is sometimes the case, but more often than not, LISP > > turned out to be a better choice for what I do. > > Well .. > > [skaller@pelican] ~/links/flx/src>wc *.ml > 89737 342248 3223570 total > > 90K Camls here speak for themselves .. > > Ocaml has four downsides from my viewpoint: > > (a) interfacing to C isn't trivial [...] Well, compared to Perl, this task IS trivial in OCaml. Ciao, Oliver