From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A708BC88 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:32:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j13IWRGb016129 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:32:27 +0100 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 TAA18409 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:32:27 +0100 (MET) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j13IWQbD016126 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:32:27 +0100 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id E5E811C000CA for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:32:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from nono (ARouen-106-1-40-104.w80-13.abo.wanadoo.fr [80.13.225.104]) by mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with SMTP id 8FFAA1C000B6 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:32:26 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050203183226589.8FFAA1C000B6@mwinf1101.wanadoo.fr Message-ID: <009a01c50a1e$f6c92080$0100a8c0@mshome.net> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=E9d=E9ric_Gava?= Cc: References: <891bd33905020213315a2ebb18@mail.gmail.com> <8008871f05020213362d21ba87@mail.gmail.com> <000f01c50971$baad4840$0100a8c0@mshome.net> <1107403128.32586.223.camel@pelican.wigram> <20050203173556.4acec1c5.ocaml-erikd@mega-nerd.com> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Estimating the size of the ocaml community Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:34:15 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42026E3B.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 42026E3B.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; gava:01 gava:01 caml-list:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 lisp:01 lisp:01 portability:02 implemented:02 frederic:03 frederic:03 size:95 anyway:05 actually:10 question:11 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_NJABL_PROXY autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: * Hi, > Anyway, this leaves us with a very interesting question: how many people > actually do believe in the value of Ocaml? I, for myself, use it whenever > it is the most appropriate tool for a job (usually, when portability is > an issue). This is sometimes the case, but more often than not, LISP > turned out to be a better choice for what I do. What kinds of programs code with LISP could not be implemented (easely) using Ocaml ? Regards, Frédéric Gava