From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr 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 DC8FDBC69 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:32:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2AKWErQ000780 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:32:14 +0100 Received: from out1.internal (unknown [10.202.2.149]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA7F81F5E5F; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:32:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by out1.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:32:13 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: sLgOROVnv5CNx1R8UYj66AHXzvKsCoXtFt2aTi5nFUH6 1173558734 Received: from adsl-75-37-171-232.dsl.sndg02.sbcglobal.net (adsl-75-37-171-232.dsl.sndg02.sbcglobal.net [75.37.171.232]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80E01CFFE; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:32:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:32:07 -0800 (PST) From: Martin Jambon X-X-Sender: martin@droopy To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Daniel_B=FCnzli?= Cc: OCaml Mailing List Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml-developer mailing-list: subscribe now! In-Reply-To: <78295CB6-B05B-4AF1-9AD5-AE7A8E7B42FA@epfl.ch> Message-ID: References: <78295CB6-B05B-4AF1-9AD5-AE7A8E7B42FA@epfl.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-832932517-1173558721=:2637" Content-ID: X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 45F315CE.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ens-lyon:01 readable:01 unreadable:01 mime-aware:01 bunzli:01 ocaml:01 skipping:01 ocaml:01 2007,:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 caml-list:01 jambon:01 jambon:01 caml:02 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-832932517-1173558721=:2637 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-ID: On Sat, 10 Mar 2007, Daniel Bünzli wrote: > Le 9 mars 07 à 21:02, Martin Jambon a écrit : > >> The Caml mailing list is intended for all users of the Caml implementations >> developed at INRIA. The purpose of this list is to share experience, >> exchange ideas and code, and report on applications of the Caml language. > > I don't see why these topics cannot be discussed here. > > I would see the point of a domain specific mailing-list (e.g. web development > in ocaml) but ocaml-developer seems like caml-list-2 to me. > > Could you perhaps motivate the point of your initiative ? 1) Less traffic 2) Skipping all the unnecessary "language geekiness" stuff To a newcomer, caml-list looks a lot like a forum for programming language researchers, which is cool, but not being able to understand 2/3 of the messages is kind of intimidating for someone who thought he/she knew OCaml. Martin -- Martin Jambon http://martin.jambon.free.fr --8323328-832932517-1173558721=:2637--