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 NAA07040; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:12:03 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id NAA07234 for caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:12:02 +0200 (MET DST) 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 BAA00245 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2001 01:00:07 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from dsf.net (adsl-63-196-84-93.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [63.196.84.93]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f58N05L27374 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2001 01:00:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from dsf@localhost) by dsf.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f58Mxjw11808; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 15:59:45 -0700 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml complexity References: <20010607015821.B11344@jean> <002c01c0ef7f$e154f3e0$5d26883e@baby> <20010608024102.A13672@jean> <4.3.2.7.2.20010608131019.03c8c840@shell16.ba.best.com> From: David Fox Date: 08 Jun 2001 15:59:45 -0700 In-Reply-To: Chris Hecker's message of "Fri, 08 Jun 2001 13:22:44 -0700" Message-ID: X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Chris Hecker writes: > not disasterous. We might get more libraries and whatnot with more > people, but there would be downsides to more popularity as well. I am going to strongly disagree with this statement. I think that more libraries are extremely important, and I also think that the fact that many good things are unpopular doesn't imply that all popular things are bad, or that something becomes worse when it becomes popular. > Three other ways to come into contact with a new language are of > more questionable value (again, in my opinion, of course): 3) being > forced to learn it at school before you're ready, 4) being told by > an employer you have to learn it, and 5) looking on monster.com and > deciding you need to learn whatever ranks highest in help wanted > ads. I also believe that the "right thing for the wrong reason" beats the heck out of the wrong thing in most cases. ------------------- 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