From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id IAA07753; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:20:28 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id IAA08036 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:20:27 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA01151 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:24:38 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (ppp10.dyn146.pacific.net.au [210.23.146.10]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f5DLJ3f17498 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:19:47 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from ozemail.com.au (IDENT:root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA04205; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 07:18:20 +1000 Message-ID: <3B27D89C.BF9CC3E9@ozemail.com.au> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 07:18:20 +1000 From: John Max Skaller X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.12-20 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Rogoff CC: David Fox , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml complexity References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Brian Rogoff wrote: > IMO, as someone with old code to maintain, I say fix things and make the > language as close to perfect as you can. For Ocaml, I agree, but then I don't have that much old code I care about. > When OCaml becomes so popular that it one of these standards > organizations is involved, there will be significantly less ability to > make incompatible changes. I like your positive approach "When Ocaml becomes so popular .." :-) > Anyways, more growth is good. If OCaml reaches Python's popularity, that > would be great. But Python too is severely constrained by backwards compatibility requirements. It is the main reason I gave up on it as a serious language: it is beyond fixing. OTOH, Ocaml doesn't really _need_ fixing :-) > Perhaps we users should start writing > tutorials, rather than asking INRIAns, as I'd rather that they work on > growing the language. I'd love to, but the language isn't popular enough for me to make enough money selling books on it: I'd make a respectable income from C++ books, but I have lost enthusiasm for promoting it. Blame Ocaml for that. Catch-22. -- John (Max) Skaller, mailto:skaller@maxtal.com.au 10/1 Toxteth Rd Glebe NSW 2037 Australia voice: 61-2-9660-0850 checkout Vyper http://Vyper.sourceforge.net download Interscript http://Interscript.sourceforge.net ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr