From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E079282355 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 03:15:07 +0100 (CET) Authentication-Results: mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; spf=None smtp.pra=yawar.amin@gmail.com; spf=Pass smtp.mailfrom=yawar.amin@gmail.com; spf=None smtp.helo=postmaster@mail-it0-f52.google.com Received-SPF: None (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of yawar.amin@gmail.com) identity=pra; client-ip=209.85.214.52; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="yawar.amin@gmail.com"; x-sender="yawar.amin@gmail.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: Pass (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: domain of yawar.amin@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.52 as permitted sender) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=209.85.214.52; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="yawar.amin@gmail.com"; x-sender="yawar.amin@gmail.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible; x-record-type="v=spf1" Received-SPF: None (mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of postmaster@mail-it0-f52.google.com) identity=helo; client-ip=209.85.214.52; receiver=mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="yawar.amin@gmail.com"; x-sender="postmaster@mail-it0-f52.google.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible IronPort-PHdr: =?us-ascii?q?9a23=3AR4SccR3cGTVAuFK6smDT+DRfVm0co7zxezQtwd8Z?= =?us-ascii?q?se0TK/ad9pjvdHbS+e9qxAeQG9mDsrQc06L/iOPJYSQ4+5GPsXQPItRndiQuro?= =?us-ascii?q?EopTEmG9OPEkbhLfTnPGQQFcVGU0J5rTngaRAGUMnxaEfPrXKs8DUcBgvwNRZv?= =?us-ascii?q?JuTyB4Xek9m72/q99pHPfglEniaxba9vJxiqsAvdsdUbj5F/Iagr0BvJpXVIe+?= =?us-ascii?q?VSxWx2IF+Yggjx6MSt8pN96ipco/0u+dJOXqX8ZKQ4UKdXDC86PGAv5c3krgfM?= =?us-ascii?q?QA2S7XYBSGoWkx5IAw/Y7BHmW5r6ryX3uvZh1CScIMb7Vq4/Vyi84Kh3SR/okC?= =?us-ascii?q?YHOCA/8GHLkcx7kaZXrAu8qxBj34LYZYeYP+d8cKzAZ9MXXWhOXshRWSJPAY2y?= =?us-ascii?q?cpUBAPYaMOlCs4XwvUEDoQeiCQSuAu7k1z9GhmXx3a0/y+kuExvJ3QI6ENIUrX?= =?us-ascii?q?/ZsND1NKYUUeuoy6TJzS/Mbv1M1jfn8oTHaBUhofCKXb9rfsrRzFMgFwLBjlmK?= =?us-ascii?q?tYPlODaV2/0LvmOG7ORgTfqih3A7pwx1uDSixcchhpPXio4IxV3I7yV0zJgzKN?= =?us-ascii?q?alUkB0e8SkH4FVtyyCN4t5XMciQ2ZwtSY/0LIGuJq7cDELyJQ72xLTcvKHfoiW?= =?us-ascii?q?7h75W+aRJjB4hH1heL2hnRq97U+gyujkWsm11lZFsDZFn8HSunwR0xHf8MuKR/?= =?us-ascii?q?tn8ku/xDqC2Brf5+FaLUwskKrUMZ8hwro+lpoJtkTDGzf7mUXsg66YbEok4PKk?= =?us-ascii?q?5P7iYrXnoJ+RLIB0igTkPaQvnsyzG/g3Mg8LX2SD4+SzyKXj/VHlQLVNlvA5jr?= =?us-ascii?q?PWsJXeJcgCoq65AhRV0po45hakDzam1cwYkmMdIFJEfhKHlYnpNEvULPD2F/fs?= =?us-ascii?q?y2irxQ1szf3cIvXEH5HJI2KLxK3md7tn9whZ1Q43wMoFz51RA7AFZvn0Xxmims?= =?us-ascii?q?bfC0oIOhO92a7ODdR7ntcPUH2GGOmQNaLUmVCN7+MrZeKLYdlG637GN/E56qu2?= =?us-ascii?q?3jcCklgHcPzshMNPZQ=3D=3D?= X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A0AeAwDPIzdahzTWVdFcHQEBBQELAYNlA?= =?us-ascii?q?YEyFBMHg3+BNpd2k1GHZQqFOwKEeQdDFAEBAQEBAQEBAQESAQEBCA0JCCgvgjg?= =?us-ascii?q?kAYJHAwMjHQEbHQEDDAYFBAc3AgIhAQERAQUBHAYTHolzAQMVnHZAjBCCBQUBH?= =?us-ascii?q?IMLBYNbChknDVmCTQEBAQEBAQEDAQEBAQEBARkCBhKDXIIOgVaFFYJqRYUDgmM?= =?us-ascii?q?FiF+CC4hFj1A9gjuESIkrhH6Tc41ZiQsUBR+BFzaBcTIaI1EygXeCRB+CESM3i?= =?us-ascii?q?gsBAQE?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A0AeAwDPIzdahzTWVdFcHQEBBQELAYNlAYEyFBMHg3+BNpd?= =?us-ascii?q?2k1GHZQqFOwKEeQdDFAEBAQEBAQEBAQESAQEBCA0JCCgvgjgkAYJHAwMjHQEbH?= =?us-ascii?q?QEDDAYFBAc3AgIhAQERAQUBHAYTHolzAQMVnHZAjBCCBQUBHIMLBYNbChknDVm?= =?us-ascii?q?CTQEBAQEBAQEDAQEBAQEBARkCBhKDXIIOgVaFFYJqRYUDgmMFiF+CC4hFj1A9g?= =?us-ascii?q?juESIkrhH6Tc41ZiQsUBR+BFzaBcTIaI1EygXeCRB+CESM3igsBAQE?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.45,419,1508796000"; d="scan'208,217";a="248664208" Received: from mail-it0-f52.google.com ([209.85.214.52]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/AES128-GCM-SHA256; 18 Dec 2017 03:15:06 +0100 Received: by mail-it0-f52.google.com with SMTP id 68so25915734ite.4 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:15:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=RaOUWmrqiEyi/rg+LYbrUOi2Ol73Cq1CXCpOt9Qqr/Y=; b=CIpX+SOR9GN5SsSpZfA80seg4VuRGirwYSIrlr5FW5qYawYoLRtGD/B7jnAEnLUWWt c5fZObKjW8UhvvEiO32IhG7UbW/CsPCTwdkWWNVHb91vxfMVABecyBOG5lf3/jW3QXjE rm29sS+sKjoGx9XBvyyCB3eqnB5C3N3PH/RA1DWdzfyw2f3b+vhNCDuTUZtFwLtJrf8R A9hVmSiz4p6QuarzyV1KfW5G2fDQJ6JbAxIjMzLXqeVG+iZMZzj8Uhlgnu6cdhmCe+Af s8YGHn/DphsG5m+uHXpdQqcv3lE5ThVDJAJ+jEWNcibIllkzsmYaHGK3NZOgt20395cR prug== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=RaOUWmrqiEyi/rg+LYbrUOi2Ol73Cq1CXCpOt9Qqr/Y=; b=Fv+R7j4Pe9C5lBeC2R9drCVezXgJawaqu6GfY4pDUlhbM+ysB4k8A645L0T1aNARHO MILTTOEnGf8ePgE3r+5/fSUNF6mq74/rGHkNvqOsI8QTZeA9Zq2090THb1LV4NPiqTT/ L+d15fSMoQ5euwchq6c/PqkfDPmo8/RVccAYpAyIDodyVXOUFnQJ4yoTMD1wI0VPZh2L DbK56VojDzaHFtnqfN/nSj2kAbzLqr8zKc8uPEljZ9BDiU6qWnU7VVEgLWbrrAvZlzPE g3XrcUtKf46LRGUcEfsh0+XbCZuspGY1ObmR13HDQumRjNqBCUmaxsKuuOxyu3ZBIjwR IFaA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mJTAEiSZxSBSTzvZ3hc+KMPWoArVhv2r276t4Fe5syOCRV515du v+FnR8XBqlWgNnLViVaXxJ0jM6bSImegTod/bA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBotOoV8W2CFdxENCCsCNgP8EyfskDCkYIc9fdZ3LwfuPdogWfuoDHy/IYW6QKSc5Via3pRpDdjNTg3Fyf8xafDs= X-Received: by 10.36.116.206 with SMTP id o197mr16984474itc.70.1513563305226; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:15:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.181.19 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:14:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20171211095444.75abacda@zinid.ru> <20171217201356.djjygim6oelagvt6@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> From: Yawar Amin Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 21:14:44 -0500 Message-ID: To: Robert Muller Cc: Ocaml Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a114ab78a273693056093eb46" Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ReasonML concrete syntax --001a114ab78a273693056093eb46 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Robert Muller wrote: > [...] > Exactly! Reason may be great, but OCaml is effectively being expropriated > by a huge, powerful organization. > Also, sorry, but this is pure hyperbole. The Reason team has a select few people who have to, like any other tools team, make the case to every potential internal client about why to use their tool. They don't automatically get full Facebook backing just because they exist. In fact, they have to compete against the much more well-known Flow project for JavaScript type annotations. Their biggest win so far as is they're migrating the Facebook Messenger webapp to Reason and are about halfway there. In fact they are tossing around the idea of building tools that automatically display your OCaml code to you in your favourite syntax, so you don't have to care about what others are using. So it's far from a foregone conclusion that Reason syntax will take over the OCaml ecosystem. Regards, Yawar --001a114ab78a273693056093eb46 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

= On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Robert Muller <robert.muller2@gmai= l.com> wrote:
=
[...]
Exactly! Reason may be great, but OCaml is effe= ctively being expropriated by a huge, powerful organization.

Also, sorry, but this is pure hyp= erbole.

The Reason team has a select few people wh= o have to, like any other tools team, make the case to every potential inte= rnal client about why to use their tool. They don't automatically get f= ull Facebook backing just because they exist. In fact, they have to compete= against the much more well-known Flow project for JavaScript type annotati= ons. Their biggest win so far as is they're migrating the Facebook Mess= enger webapp to Reason and are about halfway there.

In fact they are tossing around the idea of building tools that automatic= ally display your OCaml code to you in your favourite syntax, so you don= 9;t have to care about what others are using.

So i= t's far from a foregone conclusion that Reason syntax will take over th= e OCaml ecosystem.

Regards,

Yawar
--001a114ab78a273693056093eb46--