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=1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6347ABB84 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:16:33 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsoBAMHD3EjVhjEYo2dsb2JhbACTIwEBAQEBAQcLCgcRqh+BZA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,316,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="15394713" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 26 Sep 2008 20:16:33 +0200 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m8QIGXj3009545 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:16:33 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsoBAMHD3EjVhjEYo2dsb2JhbACTIwEBAQEBAQcLCgcRqh+BZA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,316,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="15394712" Received: from ihsmtp02voda.lis.interhost.com (HELO ihsmtp02cons.lis.interhost.com) ([213.134.49.24]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 26 Sep 2008 20:16:32 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.64] ([77.54.249.136]) by ihsmtp02cons.lis.interhost.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:14:26 +0100 Message-ID: <48DD26F0.80303@inescporto.pt> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:16:16 +0100 From: Hugo Ferreira User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080925) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Caml Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Teaching ocaml programming References: <48DCC7B8.4070700@fmf.uni-lj.si> <48DCDF9D.6040401@inescporto.pt> <48DCE49F.7000604@fmf.uni-lj.si> <74cabd9e0809260915v675c31w584653d597b7d92f@mail.gmail.com> <20080926171138.GA17846@usha.takhisis.invalid> In-Reply-To: <20080926171138.GA17846@usha.takhisis.invalid> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Sep 2008 18:14:26.0182 (UTC) FILETIME=[B5ADB260:01C92003] X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 48DD2701.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 zacchiroli:01 ocaml:01 gtk:01 fwiw:01 26,:98 ubuntu:98 ubuntu:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 maintainers:01 caml-list:01 btw:03 programming:03 let:03 Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 09:15:14AM -0700, Arthur Chan wrote: >> Btw, I wouldn't try to use OCaml with Ubuntu, or *any* recent language that >> has been in development. Support is generally flaky. The mainline OCaml >> that comes with Ubuntu is fine, but the gl+gtk support is broken. The > > FWIW, OCaml support in Debian is on the other hand quite good (or at > least that's what our users let us maintainers perceive), hence in > theory one can imaging using Ubuntu with legacy Debian OCaml packages. Why not Ubuntu + GODI? Regards, Hugo F.