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 QAA25921; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:53:05 +0100 (MET) 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 QAA25908 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:53:04 +0100 (MET) Received: from dsf.net (adsl-63-196-84-93.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [63.196.84.93]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id fADFr3j18010 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:53:03 +0100 (MET) Received: (from dsf@localhost) by dsf.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fADFtiD03781; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:55:44 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: dsf.net: dsf set sender to dsfox@cogsci.ucsd.edu using -f To: "Eric Newhuis" Cc: "Caml" Subject: Re: Receptive Tool Vendors (was: Re: [Caml-list] Jihad) References: <001e01c1675c$a4b3e630$0401a8c0@XENO> <006601c16c3d$214c06c0$0401a8c0@XENO> From: David Fox Date: 13 Nov 2001 07:55:43 -0800 In-Reply-To: <006601c16c3d$214c06c0$0401a8c0@XENO> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk "Eric Newhuis" writes: > > Have you found tool vendors outside of the USA more receptive / > > perceptive? > > Not directly. However I have, on occasion, encountered people from the UK > who know ML and have preached its virtues. I only assumed that there must > have been some form of support outside the classrooms and research labs. > > Am I wrong? What is the current state of functional programming language > acceptance? I would say it is low world wide. As a matter of fact, many of the engineers in the U.S. who are unaware of functional programming are foreigners! I'm being facetious, but I think that injecting nationality into this discussion is unhelpful and annoying. -- David Fox dsfox@cogsci.ucsd.edu http://www.foxthompson.net/dsf/ ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr