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 CCF72BC69 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:52:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pih-relay05.plus.net (pih-relay05.plus.net [212.159.14.132]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2T1qjlH026537 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:52:45 +0200 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by pih-relay05.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1HWjoi-00027Q-SQ for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:52:44 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Bioinformatics + OCaml Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:31:04 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <200703101457.03860.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <20070310211505.GA492@first.in-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <20070310211505.GA492@first.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200703290131.05083.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 460B1BED.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 bandel:01 o'reilly:01 ocaml:01 rewriting:01 frog:98 wrote:01 oliver:01 rewrite:01 caml-list:01 python:02 languages:03 languages:03 examples:07 examples:07 On Saturday 10 March 2007 21:15, Oliver Bandel wrote: > Look for Perl & Bioinformatics at O'Reilly#s Homepage > and rewrite the examples in Ocaml or F# ;-) I already did that but OCaml and F# have very different strengths compared to Perl (and all other languages currently used in bioinformatics). So I really need fresh examples that leverage these languages more, which typically means rewriting research that is currently almost impossible to code in Perl/Python as an easy ML program. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. OCaml for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists