Re: [Caml-list] Ocaml on windows

[Wojciech Meyer <wojciech.meyer@gmail.com>]

Hello Bikal,

I think all the advices saying you should at least look at F# are
good. You still can do multi-platform programming, as in CamlPDF for
instance [1].

Hope it helps,

Wojciech

[1] http://www.coherentpdf.com/ocaml-libraries.html

Bikal Gurung <bikal.gurung@lemaetech.co.uk> writes:

> David,
>  
> Indeed. F# is a good alternative if ocaml option doesn't pan out.
>
> Bikal Gurung
> Enterprise Integration Architect
> bikal.gurung@lemaetech.co.uk
> Mobile: +44 (0) 777 556 4109
> London, UK
>
>
> On 26 June 2013 18:55, David Allsopp <dra-news@metastack.com> wrote:
>
>
>         That makes Malcolm Matalka’s comment even more pertinent – is
>     there a reason for ruling out F#? I think you’ll have a much
>     easier time doing Windows GUIs with that than with OCaml (and I’d
>     go so far as to say the result will look better, assuming that you
>     have no interest in cross-platform support).
>
>      
>
>      
>
>     David
>
>      
>
>
>
>         From: caml-list-request@inria.fr
>     [mailto:caml-list-request@inria.fr] On Behalf Of Bikal Gurung
>     Sent: 26 June 2013 18:45
>     To: r.3@libertysurf.fr
>     Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
>     Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Ocaml on windows
>
>      
>
>
>         I am looking to develop a desktop application which will be
>     distributed to customers, so for now I think I will need ocaml
>     libs like wxwidget, batteries, sql lite db library, sockets,
>     networking etc.
>
>          
>
>         Is anyone using omake on windows? Does it have a dependency on
>     Cygwin like ocamlbuild?
>
>          
>
>         B.
>
>
>
>
>
>         Bikal Gurung
>
>         Enterprise Integration Architect
>
>         bikal.gurung@lemaetech.co.uk
>
>         Mobile: +44 (0) 777 556 4109
>
>         London, UK
>
>      
>
>         On 26 June 2013 13:02, <r.3@libertysurf.fr> wrote:
>
>
>         Hello,
>     I personnaly used mxe to cross compile from linux to windows
>     (gtk2, cairo, camlimages)
>     Mxe is a set of hundreds of C libraries cross-compiled, plus a few
>     ocaml libraries.
>     community is nice for support of C libraries, but would not be
>     able to help you on ocaml packages.
>
>     what C and ocaml libraries does your project depend on ? What
>     build system do you use (ocamlbuild, Makefile, ...)
>     This might be easy to use mxe, depending on your answers.
>
>     Best regards,
>     William
>
>
>      
>
>

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Wojciech