From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6FBEBC57 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 20:11:37 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AncDABYv7UtKfVI0gGdsb2JhbACddggVAQEUJCKuD4IAhQUuiE0BAQMFgluCMASDQA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.53,232,1272837600"; d="scan'208";a="50635609" Received: from mail-ww0-f52.google.com ([74.125.82.52]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 14 May 2010 20:11:37 +0200 Received: by wwb24 with SMTP id 24so1835342wwb.39 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 11:11:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=f3panBs8xqiazrsy4XLa4J6nYajy0cmoCMxLqtWRoAY=; b=xrXExYCoAQPU7Ss10YDdds+hEFpAikCU5MNx2v1l595CEDaHdSsau7755jaUXT5AW8 nlUQzX8ZtyJuFdPJ1LQVGaIBQrsYUXwtxPUTL2hqmUrus0o0KAk3AmJAUfmSPyuvzwah 4eaAqpbGtsVwC+ONw+I2YPafPYucI2/LT8U3A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=FLlvaD3qZZCtuCyHeQEzcnMCf2cZKXRNWoFC7irouW10mAoqoBkq46o7ZCNxN0qKss v9+wPXyPWTGDxDjLW1D7oLOJVAJ4PeQnz5DOyDSwb/xaXVbK+NiLZRpOtIgtauxUYy4b 0/N8sOWo/4ap9Grqe2Tqp3j9P5qbmoMN+yMdw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.91.80 with SMTP id g58mr1065621wef.181.1273860697306; Fri, 14 May 2010 11:11:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.11.139 with HTTP; Fri, 14 May 2010 11:11:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201005061233.07551.peng.zang@gmail.com> <07b101caf08b$3e5022c0$baf06840$@com> <088201caf1ce$b5060cb0$1f122610$@com> <20100512151137.26894ywcpv71ixvk@imp.ovh.net> <012601caf351$e9a362e0$bcea28a0$@com> <87fx1uh5r5.fsf@frosties.localdomain> Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 11:11:37 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Caml-list] about OcamIL From: Raoul Duke To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam: no; 0.00; ecosystem:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 apps:04 fri:05 comparable:06 linux:07 linux:07 technically:09 closed:10 well-defined:10 jvm:11 interesting:12 doesn't:12 constrained:12 On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:26 AM, ben kuin wrote: > realworld. I think it's interesting that on the ms-windows platform > .net is used for everything with great success: > Compared to that I think the jvm is only succesful when it comes to > 'backend services', which often play an important role in big and > often technically conservative companies. > I think it's safe to say that on the linux platform we have NOTHING > COMPARABLE to .NET when it comes to DESKTOP and WEB apps. Why can't > java doesn't fill this gap? ms windows is a more closed and constrained and well-defined ecosystem than linux is. i think that has impact on the situation. sincerely.