From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 285597EE4B for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:59:31 +0200 (CEST) Received-SPF: None (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of gour@atmarama.net) identity=pra; client-ip=46.4.132.165; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="gour@atmarama.net"; x-sender="gour@atmarama.net"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: Pass (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: domain of gour@atmarama.net designates 46.4.132.165 as permitted sender) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=46.4.132.165; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="gour@atmarama.net"; x-sender="gour@atmarama.net"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible; x-record-type="v=spf1" Received-SPF: None (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of postmaster@mail.wservices.ch) identity=helo; client-ip=46.4.132.165; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="gour@atmarama.net"; x-sender="postmaster@mail.wservices.ch"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgsCAMvURVIuBISlnGdsb2JhbABbgz/BHoEhFg4BAQEBAQYWCTyCJQEBBAFVGAYGBQsLIRMSD0gZHodiCrl+jgKBTwcWhAoDjy94h1eVHw X-IPAS-Result: AgsCAMvURVIuBISlnGdsb2JhbABbgz/BHoEhFg4BAQEBAQYWCTyCJQEBBAFVGAYGBQsLIRMSD0gZHodiCrl+jgKBTwcWhAoDjy94h1eVHw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.90,994,1371074400"; d="asc'?scan'208";a="34669009" Received: from mail.wservices.ch ([46.4.132.165]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 27 Sep 2013 20:59:29 +0200 Received: from atmarama.noip.me (93-139-154-189.adsl.net.t-com.hr [93.139.154.189]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.wservices.ch (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8516F1641100; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:59:29 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:58:52 +0200 From: Gour To: caml-list@inria.fr Cc: "Damien Guichard" Message-ID: <20130927205852.5baa20e8@atmarama.noip.me> In-Reply-To: <567994902695064341@orange.fr> References: <567994902695064341@orange.fr> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.1 (GTK+ 2.24.20; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/WORuXDivKWg.GxDHnA1xrdB"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Validation-by: gour@atmarama.net Subject: Re: [Caml-list] UFO (United Forces of OCaml) --Sig_/WORuXDivKWg.GxDHnA1xrdB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:08:28 +0200 "Damien Guichard" wrote: Hiya Damien, > OCaml is multi-paradigm in nature. Great. > There are multiple ways (multiple trade-offs) a thing can be done. Nice. > Same about books, documentation, tutorials, IDEs ... > In contrast with Caml-Light, OCaml has no 'official' book, tutorial > or IDE. However i expect many to come, some to become almost > forgotten, some to be cited as a reference point (Ocaml evolves > continually). Actually there is an 'official' OCaml 2.2 book, but > somewhat obsolete now. I plan to use RWO book. > Just my humble opinion of course. Of course. > I understand that, as a beginner, you may consider diversity as a > danger. It seems your software is more fragile because some basic > block could be discontinued. Right. > I would answer : the software fragility lies in the programmer, > not in the language ecosystem being too weak.=20=20 Heh, "batteries included" still helps. > Actually GTK 2.24 looks very great when a good theme is applied. On Mac? > You can have this metal brush look. Or this white water-button look. > Or whatever look you can imagine (or design).=20 I'm more worried about the state of GTK's support on Win/Mac than about LablGTK... > Plus LablGtk is an excellent binding that makes GTK programming far > much easier. ...which I actually consider very good bindings. > Otherwise i would warmly welcome a Qt binding. Me too...similar with wxOCaml if having them actively maintained. > However, i dont wait for it, i go ahead. Sure, I'll start learning OCaml and working on non-GUI things. > Even if i switch to Qt some day i don't loose my time, > because knowing GTK, whatever language, is an asset anyway.=20=20=20 That's true, but I'd prefer saving some of my free time meant to be spent for working on this open-source project, if possible. > I hope i am not too much rude with you, > I apologize if i am, Not at all. Thank you. Sincerely, Gour --=20 A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest=20 well-wishers, affectionate benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with an equal mind. http://www.atmarama.net | Hlapicina (Croatia) | GPG: 52B5C810 --Sig_/WORuXDivKWg.GxDHnA1xrdB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSRdVsAAoJELhxXPVStcgQbWsP/0lf14CGZAYzjJ7kXbLEbWNq Lue6b9AldOF6pqYO0m3pRk+BwnUOvPkeRaGYTNL7rSwgPEnA/r58p+CY/uuBEX9K eFnq87dLqGGzT+9tORTkZ+vsvHnZf8Foi6GlHsvqlAT0WEkt8SMFBSH2t1Fq2pDc ZEgTyxTcPtzB6I+dhSjCkC8YrBVNY6EjFCs7V/k6C3ByJAESZYrhRxPAUVX/Phcn sxU8p2VEgCjGD+IMU7IQKMx+2rouJKNmQgS3+WCQ2EywMVMcjMFJQe+w//MA/LsR ztr9cJUkgSssmvnKXel4f5ssI16w9h7Q5lu/dZmzLsbJnNpydDDP8VmY+2+4GJAN WQo+3GYD7Im616Kts92wvFaNnhirU3QK8TcF8lXgn5mORa8hzD0dgOYq0EHxAyYg Jq8k9cZq3IVGM0qw/Sqse18YQ0QZJh6WPCVAhAcMXTJBwO/nDJ8VY0k9yt8+CPcD 4VoMVIPrsw1EHxoYnhqid818yqjxDygfYFzFamu4bhRMp37ijCwUQM9GsUP7lnEo OWryh2b5ULs1FgL5AZ9eXdSc9zUlgXMf3W+lzKzwiiDQ5dP6mrdEs6T2t9jpVoVv /DN4l89Yzbyrl4wQEImes50QbfxkiyaXXFZEqbu7U8jVe5s+G2WPkXrWoXBf9S8E kXTafI4xcSxdliNqQuBu =eT2e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/WORuXDivKWg.GxDHnA1xrdB--