From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id TAA22490; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:46:34 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 TAA22920 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:46:33 +0100 (MET) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hAKIkW128158 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:46:32 +0100 (MET) X-Sasl-enc: YxDGURjX5+I3y8t9AYMuNw 1069353972 Received: from [192.168.0.107] (f07a-3-8.d1.club-internet.fr [212.194.146.8]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 532E6437BBB for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:46:11 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:47:25 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Jambon X-X-Sender: martin@localhost To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: [Caml-list] Building large and portable projects Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; loadable:01 filenames:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 syntax:02 tree:02 modules:02 jambon:02 jambon:02 executable:03 configurable:03 enhancements:04 functions:05 humans:05 paths:06 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Hi, Is there a convenient way to develop OCaml code, and be sure that this code will be configurable, compilable, installable and executable without changes, on any environment where OCaml is available? I imagine a higher level "make", with most of its nicer properties, plus many enhancements. The following points seem important to me: - target dependency system - ease of use, nice syntax (for average humans with a simple text editor) - loadable modules - built-in programming language - built-in fileutils (cp, mv, cd, rm, ...) and functions (filters, ...) - universal paths for filenames inside the project tree - natural highlighting of environment-dependent elements - possibility of harmonious integration in a graphical development environment and also a very flexible license that allows its free redistribution and modification under any form. Until right now I didn't find anything like this. And I was really scared when I discovered Apache Ant. Any suggestions? Martin ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners