From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56EB7BC0A for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:26:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from pih-relay04.plus.net (pih-relay04.plus.net [212.159.14.131]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0KJQWJl017536 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:26:33 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=[10.0.0.5]) by pih-relay04.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1H8LrB-0007k9-UK for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:26:30 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Ocaml compiler features Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:19:39 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <45A87011.8080203@gmail.com> <200701142049.56449.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <20070115001943.GB28731@snarc.org> In-Reply-To: <20070115001943.GB28731@snarc.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701201919.40006.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 45B26CE8.004 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 stdlib:01 ocaml's:01 stdlib:01 frog:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 caml:02 objective:02 depends:04 complex:04 anyway:06 On Monday 15 January 2007 00:19, you wrote: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 08:49:56PM +0000, Jon Harrop wrote: > > I've been considering commercialising the replacement OCaml stdlib that I > > developed. > > That won't help to make OCaml a mainstream language. > The ones which are going to buy this, if there's anyone, will have a > different code than the one that are not going to buy it. The most important changes are compatible with OCaml's stdlib. I've just made it faster and more robust. > it just balkenized a bit more the situation. I see no alternative. > It's not really complex to have a replacement stdlib anyway, everybody > can do it, and a lots of people have already put some freely-available > on the internet. Depends what features you want. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. Objective CAML for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists