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 DBE9ABC32 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:55:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j2FItBsa001411 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:55:11 +0100 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 TAA19847 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:55:11 +0100 (MET) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.195]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j2FIt9Ui001407 for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:55:10 +0100 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 71so3516060wra for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:55:09 -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=MpibNDnolFS0HR+SDYMqTY7hB/Hmb8VbYVFjks2n6Qx57yaP3L6GbXdN0/WuMCyYb4YC7rstnu/x644ds0NRcHPLE/5KeTF1MthBBvmgMW4s2wayPGlKYjhQvWXq/9htRaPGRO74VlTyJVbm4md0eI6GRAKr7kkdNoCdZZbrhpo= Received: by 10.54.76.14 with SMTP id y14mr120739wra; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:55:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.31.24 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:55:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8008871f05031510552ee084ab@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:55:07 -0500 From: "Christopher A. Watford" Reply-To: "Christopher A. Watford" To: Christophe TROESTLER Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml troll on Slashdot Cc: "O'Caml Mailing List" In-Reply-To: <20050315.162501.15509039.debian00@tiscali.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <20050315092502.GA19351@furbychan.cocan.org> <1093.80.8.1.44.1110882854.squirrel@mail.irisa.fr> <20050315.091248.68545374.eijiro_sumii@anet.ne.jp> <20050315.162501.15509039.debian00@tiscali.be> X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42372F8F.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42372F8D.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ocaml:01 christophe:01 troestler:01 ocaml:01 unoptimized:01 ...:98 wrote:01 functions:01 debian:02 snip:02 library:03 compiled:04 chris:05 tue:06 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 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:25:01 +0100 (CET), Christophe TROESTLER wrote: > I agree with that. The ./ post is a typical > I-don't-know-what-I-am-talking-about-so-I-say-it-loud ! If he made a > point I believe it is that it's easier to hit the "send" key than to > try to be a good programmer... > > > > My 2=A2, > ChriS You're right, it looked something like this to me: Hi! I'm new to OCaml, and my first attempt and making something like I would in C++ failed miserably. I didn't used standard library functions, because I didn't know they existed. I also went ahead and compiled things in a rediculously unoptimized fashion. Finally, I didn't bother comparing how my noobie code scaled against the C++. LIKE OMG OCAML SUX0R! People post similar things for C#, PHP, any language really. Besides, it is VERY VERY simple to troll slashdot. --=20 Christopher A. Watford christopher.watford@gmail.com http://dorm.tunkeymicket.com