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 mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07171BBAF for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:35:07 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AssAAJeb4EnUnwckjmdsb2JhbACCIZQTAQEBAQcNCAkPBrI/g3wG X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,431,1233529200"; d="scan'208";a="27517866" Received: from relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net ([212.159.7.36]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-SHA; 11 Apr 2009 22:35:06 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuwEAJeb4EnUnw4R/2dsb2JhbACCIccQg3wG Received: from pih-relay04.plus.net ([212.159.14.17]) by relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net with ESMTP; 11 Apr 2009 21:35:06 +0100 Received: from [87.113.30.188] (helo=leper.local) by pih-relay04.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Lsjus-0004I0-5q for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:35:06 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml and Boehm Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:41:40 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <4a708d20904101313s49ef3b75m45202b6bda800b77@mail.gmail.com> <4a708d20904110711i199ef805h611a04d823c8fb51@mail.gmail.com> <49E0B15C.6080208@starynkevitch.net> In-Reply-To: <49E0B15C.6080208@starynkevitch.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904112141.40819.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Plusnet-Relay: 3c6d1536cbea0a65f5893dc26f5cc529 X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 boehm:01 basile:01 2009:98 irish:98 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 suggesting:02 seems:03 probably:07 describe:07 quite:08 ltd:87 issue:14 On Saturday 11 April 2009 16:03:56 Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote: > From what you are suggesting, "your" application seems to be a big > spaghetti system, very brittle and hard to maintain. I do know that > these are very common, but I won't like to be at your place... because > you describe a realistic, but quite nasty, situation (probably more a > management issue than a technical one). Irish driving directions: "well, I would not start from here". :-) -- Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?e