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 PAA12708; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:35:34 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA13452 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:35:34 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail46.fg.online.no (mail46-s.fg.online.no [148.122.161.46]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f5FDZX522891 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:35:33 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from online.no (ti34a08-0028.dialup.online.no [148.122.154.28]) by mail46.fg.online.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA02829 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:35:31 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <3B2A0D7B.12E32F11@online.no> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:28:27 +0200 From: Tore Lund X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 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: > > > OTOH, Ocaml doesn't really _need_ fixing :-) > > There are a few places where I think improvements can be made. From what > I've read, INRIA is working on all of them. The one thing that definitely needs fixing if OCaml is ever to catch on is the *name*. For my own part it took some time before my brain even registered that there was such a language, and I am sure this was due to the unwieldy abbreviation "OCaml" - it looks like a typo or line noise the first time you see it. Audially, few people would realize that "oh camel" refers to a computer language. In fact, in most European languages it is probably heard as a chivalrous way to address a camel ... One might choose a new name like "Milner", "Weis", "Leroy", etc. But if rocking the boat that much is not acceptable, just "Caml" would be much better than "OCaml", and "Camel" would be even better. -- Tore ------------------- 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