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=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 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 86B3CBBAF for ; Sun, 6 Sep 2009 11:52:46 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AikBAB8jo0rUSnImkWdsb2JhbACbPAEBAQEJCwoHEwO6T4QYBQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,341,1249250400"; d="scan'208";a="46085133" Received: from mk-outboundfilter-2.mail.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.114.38]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 06 Sep 2009 11:52:46 +0200 X-Trace: 247014918/mk-outboundfilter-2.mail.uk.tiscali.com/PIPEX/$PIPEX-ACCEPTED/pipex-temporary-group/80.47.116.10/None/gaius@gaius.org.uk X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 80.47.116.10 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: gaius@gaius.org.uk X-SMTP-AUTH: X-MUA: Apple Mail (2.936) X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhEBANMjo0pQL3QK/2dsb2JhbAAI1kaEGAU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,341,1249254000"; d="scan'208";a="247014918" X-IP-Direction: IN Received: from 80-47-116-10.lond-hex.dynamic.dial.as9105.com (HELO [192.168.1.3]) ([80.47.116.10]) by smtp.pipex.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP; 06 Sep 2009 10:52:45 +0100 Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Message-Id: <5FDE313A-1EA9-4BC4-81F0-149154888B7A@gaius.org.uk> From: Gaius Hammond To: Henry Lenzi In-Reply-To: <8b4c81f0909060147u7921b00aj83db4edb14907bc2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why don't you use batteries? Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 10:52:44 +0100 References: <4A9FBF04.1060608@gmail.com> <20090904105505.055ec82e@attale.agematis.loc> <4AA0DEB4.6020307@glondu.net> <7d8707de0909040326x37d455cdi9f480b2b5da96b20@mail.gmail.com> <20090904141008.GC22690@annexia.org> <3a360f590909040738g5b481822q1c25d69548233bbb@mail.gmail.com> <8b4c81f0909060147u7921b00aj83db4edb14907bc2@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 lapack:01 blas:01 ocaml:01 cheers:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 fortran:02 python:03 languages:03 sep:06 investment:93 batteries:91 strange:08 banking:90 On 6 Sep 2009, at 09:47, Henry Lenzi wrote: > OCaml needs more people. Where are the French, by the way? ;-) That's an interesting question. I have a friend who is an astrophysicist at a French observatory. He and his colleagues use FORTRAN and more recently Python (which hands off its heavy numeric work to LAPACK and BLAS). OCaml is unheard of, yet it ought to be perfect for them. I have another friend at a large French consulting firm - they are all Java for new work, plus whatever legacy languages they have to maintain, and they've never heard of OCaml. Same is true in French investment banking. Which is all very strange, the French are well known for championing home-grown ideas over whatever Les Rosbifs are doing (esp. since OCaml is clearly the more elegant language!). Cheers, G