From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74684BC88 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j13I6Xkf011674 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:34 +0100 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA16529 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:33 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail.physik.uni-muenchen.de (mail.physik.uni-muenchen.de [192.54.42.129]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j13I6Xb1011667 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:33 +0100 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mail.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D490C2002A; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.physik.uni-muenchen.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.physik.uni-muenchen.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19049-01-81; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from mailhost.cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de (kaiser.cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de [141.84.136.1]) by mail.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B3720029; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from eiger.cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de (eiger.cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de [141.84.136.54]) by mailhost.cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 029A626E89; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:31 +0100 (CET) Received: by eiger.cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Postfix, from userid 3092) id ECDEC3F7E; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by eiger.cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E99132D871; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:30 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:06:30 +0100 (CET) From: Thomas Fischbacher To: Erik de Castro Lopo Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Estimating the size of the ocaml community In-Reply-To: <20050203173556.4acec1c5.ocaml-erikd@mega-nerd.com> Message-ID: References: <891bd33905020213315a2ebb18@mail.gmail.com> <8008871f05020213362d21ba87@mail.gmail.com> <000f01c50971$baad4840$0100a8c0@mshome.net> <1107403128.32586.223.camel@pelican.wigram> <20050203173556.4acec1c5.ocaml-erikd@mega-nerd.com> X-BOFH: Daemons did it MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at physik.uni-muenchen.de X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 42026829.003 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 42026829.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ocaml:01 wrote:01 sourceforge:01 wrote:01 afaik:01 ocaml:01 absorbed:98 cip:98 cip:98 lambda:01 lambda:01 lisp:01 portability:02 debian:02 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=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > On 03 Feb 2005 14:58:48 +1100 > skaller wrote: > > > AFAIK Barry Jay teaches Ocaml for FP at University of > > Technology, Sydney (in Oz). > > Unfortunately, someone teaching a language in a course doesn't > always translate into the students using that language after > the course is over :-(. Yes, indeed. I even learned to know a few people who did an Ocaml-related PhD which afterwards got totally absorbed by the idea that C were the only true and proper programming language. Huh. Anyway, this leaves us with a very interesting question: how many people actually do believe in the value of Ocaml? I, for myself, use it whenever it is the most appropriate tool for a job (usually, when portability is an issue). This is sometimes the case, but more often than not, LISP turned out to be a better choice for what I do. -- regards, tf@cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de (o_ Thomas Fischbacher - http://www.cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~tf //\ (lambda (n) ((lambda (p q r) (p p q r)) (lambda (g x y) V_/_ (if (= x 0) y (g g (- x 1) (* x y)))) n 1)) (Debian GNU)