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=none 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 5B656BC69 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:56:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ix2.fz-rossendorf.de (ix2.fz-rossendorf.de [149.220.4.86]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l7LAupLf004213 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:56:52 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ix2.fz-rossendorf.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49B22BC67; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:56:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ix2.fz-rossendorf.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ix2 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 22048-01-2; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:56:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fz-rossendorf.de (cg1.fz-rossendorf.de [149.220.4.64]) by ix2.fz-rossendorf.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D5F6BC34; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:56:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [149.220.10.42] (HELO localhost) by cg1.fz-rossendorf.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 504077; Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:56:51 +0200 Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:56:51 +0200 From: Joerg van den Hoff To: "Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB)" Cc: Caml-list List Subject: Re: [Caml-list] If OCaml were a car Message-ID: <20070821105651.GB12487@marco.fz-rossendorf.de> References: <002401c7e368$7991f120$6a7ba8c0@treble> <50EF7C1F8DC43749AC0018FB9574D996171ED3@esealmw115.eemea.ericsson.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <50EF7C1F8DC43749AC0018FB9574D996171ED3@esealmw115.eemea.ericsson.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at fz-rossendorf.de X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 46CAC4F3.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; joerg:01 ocaml:01 0200,:01 wikipedia:01 wiki:01 beginner's:01 ocaml:01 bug:01 gear:98 20,:98 citroen:98 citroen:98 beginners:01 wrote:01 wrote:01 and there was a time, when french cars had the direction indicator on the right of the steering wheel and the column gear shift on the left. On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:50:52PM +0200, Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB) wrote: > > David Allsopp wrote: > > > > > I would think this is only a joke from an american person > > > about french cars? > > > On which side do they drive in USA, and on which in french? > > > So the controls are on the other side. > > > > Erm, I think you'll find that the French, Americans (and > > Germans) all drive on the same side of the road? > > I would assume that this is a leftover from the time when > Citroën dashboards bore little resemblance to those of > other cars. > > (Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Citroen_CX_dashboard.JPG) > > The Citroëns were of course (and still are) superior cars. ;-) > > BR, > Ulf W > (proud owner of two Citroën XM) > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs