From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr 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 08100BBB7 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:36:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6Q7a5bk030537 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:36:05 +0200 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 JAA29922 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:36:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de (einhorn.in-berlin.de [192.109.42.8]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6Q7a4g7030530 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:36:04 +0200 X-Envelope-From: oliver@first.in-berlin.de X-Envelope-To: Received: from first.in-berlin.de (e178055143.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.178.55.143]) (authenticated bits=0) by einhorn.in-berlin.de (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id k6Q7a34P024566 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:36:03 +0200 Received: by first.in-berlin.de (Postfix, from userid 501) id ED6162EE62C; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:36:18 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:36:17 +0200 From: Oliver Bandel To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml & Microsoft? Message-ID: <20060726073617.GB446@first.in-berlin.de> References: <44C6C3C9.1080600@gushee.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44C6C3C9.1080600@gushee.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang_at_IN-Berlin_e.V. on 192.109.42.8 X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 44C71B65.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 44C71B64.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; bandel:01 in-berlin:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 fpls:01 2006:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 oliver:01 oliver:01 seems:03 perhaps:04 jul:04 consortium:05 consortium:05 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 07:22:17PM -0600, Matt Gushee wrote: > Hi, all-- > > I just noticed that Microsoft is a member of the OCaml Consortium. > Anyone know what, if anything, they are actually using OCaml for? [...] They have developed F#, a OCaml-port without OO-layer. Also some Haskell-people are at M$, so I think they see that FPLs are a powerful tool. > > I am preparing an OCaml presentation for my local Linux user's group, > and this seems like an interesting sidelight (though perhaps not > entirely welcome, given the audience). > I was wondering since when M$ is part of the OCaml consortium. I think they weren't from the beginning on. (Maybe this information could be added to the OCaml-pages, where the consortium is mentioned?!). Ciao, Oliver