From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD476BC88 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 05:58:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.207]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j154wIgI030861 for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 05:58:19 +0100 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 70so1143326wra for ; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:58:18 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=PxyzNKcvYIvXcV9pd6N6vR5l0d6AppnST9pqoMxI3MAjaCpGVEajQrJTwKxog9Tw1P03f/oE972YV2nsR5UonCDyjxIA4c7aHNhy9kwwzfw001dvYUr7vJWv3Xi+U75uDVM/FZ14qV4vCirckeLb6GtHAZ5SCN4+EUvPphDh57w= Received: by 10.54.32.34 with SMTP id f34mr36082wrf; Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:58:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.31.22 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:58:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8008871f05020420582f62bf4c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:58:18 -0500 From: "Christopher A. Watford" Reply-To: "Christopher A. Watford" To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Estimating the size of the ocaml community Cc: eposse@cs.mcgill.ca, caml-list@yquem.inria.fr In-Reply-To: <1107570464.14589.482.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <36663.132.206.3.150.1107545768.squirrel@mail.cs.mcgill.ca> <1107570464.14589.482.camel@pelican.wigram> X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 4204526A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ocaml:01 sourceforge:01 wrote:01 heap:01 ocaml:01 toplevel:01 toplevel:01 glebe:01 functioning:98 lowers:98 061:98 nsw:01 snail:02 2037:02 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_BY_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:34:25 -0800 (PST), skaller wrote: > Why do you need that stuff? What's wrong with a plain > old text editor and couple of batch files to build > the code? > > Seems to me you wasted a heap of time trying to build > something (an IDE) that you didn't need in the first place. OCaml needs an IDE or atleast a (more) functioning Win32 toplevel. Working with OCaml as a new language was a pain in the ass, which is why I took to fixing the numerous bugs in the win32 toplevel. A nice plugin for Eclipse or even sufficient fixes to the toplevel would make learning OCaml, which to me was a highly interactive process, much easier. Besides, having a solid IDE lowers the bar for gaining corporate acceptance. (And yes I know not everyone uses Win32, just what a lot of people use) > -- > John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net > voice: 061-2-9660-0850, > snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia > Checkout the Felix programming language http://felix.sf.net -- Christopher A. Watford christopher.watford@gmail.com http://dorm.tunkeymicket.com