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 discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06B98BC6B for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:52:18 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pih-relay06.plus.net (pih-relay06.plus.net [212.159.14.133]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l6N7qH4R012254 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:52:17 +0200 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by pih-relay06.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1ICsiF-0003I3-9W for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:52:15 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: OcaIDE: a new Eclipse plug-in for O'Caml Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:43:01 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200707230843.01701.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 46A45E31.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; o'caml:01 pointer:01 usr:01 lib:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 plug-in:98 frog:98 exceptions:01 usable:02 gnu:03 debian:04 null:05 startup:05 installed:05 This was sounding quite nice and I've been meaning to try Eclipse and Scala. However, I just managed to get the necessary software installed under Debian Linux and am finding it to be extremely unstable. I'm seeing null pointer exceptions and lots of hanging. One point of particular concern is the startup message: searching for compatible vm... testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj...found which implies that Eclipse has chosen to run using the GNU Java clone rather than the real thing (which is installed). Has anyone else here found Eclipse to be usable? -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. OCaml for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists/?e