From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A16C5BBAF for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:01:32 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAH8cL0vCX7kj/2dsb2JhbADVe4QuBA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,431,1257116400"; d="scan'208";a="52601386" Received: from pc-dmz-1.mis.mpg.de ([194.95.185.35]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-SHA; 21 Dec 2009 16:01:32 +0100 Received: from pc141-79.mis.mpg.de (HELO [172.19.89.136]) ([141.5.26.79]) by pc-dmz-1.mis.mpg.de with ESMTP; 21 Dec 2009 16:01:31 +0100 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Keyan In-Reply-To: <1261407015.2425.43.camel@io> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:01:31 +0100 Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <309E35C6-F62B-4A58-B245-FA5A267B5E30@pulsschlag.net> References: <4B2D2BC1.6020204@msu.edu> <200912200443.57698.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <200912201938.06729.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <20091221152631.35b3a2eb@pbmiha.malagasy.com> <8D2436E9-A41B-48D4-B844-A82E57D47CA2@pulsschlag.net> <1261407015.2425.43.camel@io> To: Philip X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 binaries:01 compile:01 caml-list:01 functional:02 functional:02 supported:02 programming:03 programming:03 install:05 discussion:06 arguments:07 depend:07 rather:08 Hi, first of all thanks for the replies, and for not misunderstanding my = email. > What language you chose should depend always on your (your team) = skills, > tools and tasks. i dont want to go into a which-programming-language-is-best-for-what = discussion (as this will never end), but at this point i wanted to know = if ocaml is still alive, i.e. if you can still easily download and = install it on a variety of OS, and if it will be supported in the = future. i am working on an open-source project, so beside your arguments = (which of course are valid), it is also important if people who decide = not to download the binaries, but rather download the source, will be = able to compile it. for me personally, i just like functional = programming, and i like to learn new stuff from time to time. and to be = honest, i am very happy to have found applications in the project which = i can use a reason to include a functional programming language in the = code :) so, thanks for your replies. i am confident again, and will continue to = use ocaml. regards, keyan=