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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] "Let"-less syntax for coreML

On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 07:18, Yaron Minsky <yminsky@janestreet.com> wrote:
> I think the biggest thing the community can do to improve OCaml is not to
> tweak around with language design.  It's to improve the library packaging
> situation.  Oasis seems to be the effort in this direction that has the most
> momentum, so I think pushing Oasis to become every bit as good as Hackage
> and Cabal is really the place to get maximum leverage.

I would say that Jane Street is in a unique position to make a
difference here.  Having by far the largest OCaml team in the world,
nobody else is as likely to benefit from and to achieve the goal of
improving the library packaging situation.  Just being able to attract
more people to OCaml and hence potential employees would seem well
worth the cost of specifically dedicating resources and pushing this
project through.  It is not very likely that individuals or small
companies will be able or willing to support this project in the long
term, and the OCaml team/INRIA understandably has other priorities (=
research).

Regards,
Markus

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