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=2.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,DNS_FROM_RFC_POST, SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11FBBBB84 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2009 23:55:25 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao0BANhCkEnRVdsQkGdsb2JhbACTfD8BAQEBCQkMBxEDrjiOFQEDAQOEFwaEIYFW X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.37,407,1231110000"; d="scan'208";a="22728457" Received: from mail-ew0-f16.google.com ([209.85.219.16]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 09 Feb 2009 23:55:24 +0100 Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so2537171ewy.3 for ; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:55:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=W9AL3NP7d351E3SQw8z2XLfpuGnExCXjz/9PBBgO6fM=; b=jHg+arkFEgH9kMhjyn+o2ZL/PNkYuKsjmqe2uLTZA4Co/ITBOo6/Wuxmvqlo6KU1xZ o6lZrfL0baWpNO9/Jr0MiiMGCG3nRiZ93wDvpnLL+XQGf+4sqAeuRrXBkT67mWmfuHiB q9WzGJGQxr4E/15oug4Ps+f3SXxXjFbpg3Z2w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=l27Z+Fri3ZAzYSE9WJoEwbjutblB2b5+tu8bf5ZCDECNAJ73dCjywbc0NhdGr8EmWu /KCOf8yBjhFMPKcOA6WesTbAVU2hpWlpw+99rZR44NaLnLAk8jWAqVU31tDrdKz7eGeN yIjitLYTiphfyf9pdi6baFL02o5wdXnhd9H8k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: mikkelfj@gmail.com Received: by 10.210.139.15 with SMTP id m15mr4226909ebd.34.1234220124369; Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:55:24 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1233936696.6216.65.camel@Blefuscu> <200902071458.45000.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <498FF839.6090901@lri.fr> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 23:55:24 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: c9106028ee4cfc4b Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: [ANN] OCaml Batteries Included, alpha 3 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Mikkel_Fahn=C3=B8e_J=C3=B8rgensen?= To: Peter Hawkins Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 mikkel:01 rgensen:01 mikkel:01 rgensen:01 ocaml:01 makefiles:01 2009:98 unix:01 dynamically:01 caml-list:01 dependency:01 mentioning:03 programming:03 dependent:04 2009/2/9 Mikkel Fahn=C3=B8e J=C3=B8rgensen : > Regarding what is missing in ocaml build environment ... I should add that one reason I chose to work with ocaml is also because of its build environment. I links very efficiently with C code and do link with object files. So it is not a self-contained environment that would be difficult to use for systems programming. This is very powerful. But it does have implications as I mentioned before. I'd also like to mention that I find ocamlbuild a very good tool - not only for ocaml, but for building anything. That fact that you can dynamically include dependency generators in the build based on generated build products is outstanding. I hope it will get to used more because many of the platform dependent unix tools used in makefiles could be done in ocaml code instead in a portable way. So I am just mentioning where I see areas for improvement, it is not like I think everything is just bad. Mikkel