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 OAA25921; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:08:41 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 OAA25763 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:08:40 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from ip208.usw4.rb1.pdx.nwlink.com (ip208.usw4.rb1.pdx.nwlink.com [209.20.133.208]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with SMTP id f69C8dL04930 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 14:08:39 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (qmail 14064 invoked by uid 500); 9 Jul 2001 12:08:38 -0000 Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 05:08:38 -0700 From: leary@nwlink.com To: Chris Hecker Cc: caml Subject: Re: [Caml-list] language story on slashdot Message-ID: <20010709050838.A13710@jean> References: <20010708192054.B5409@jean> <4.3.2.7.2.20010709031704.04188ec0@shell16.ba.best.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010709031704.04188ec0@shell16.ba.best.com>; from checker@d6.com on Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 03:33:47AM -0700 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 03:33:47AM -0700, Chris Hecker wrote: > he would rather have not been linked on slashdot, at http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/slashhole.shtml). ha, I love the 'quit slashdot' page he links to http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/misc/slashdot.html I just figure it's easier to get PR on slashdot than, say, zdnet... Guess I'll find a better site to pursue. > People who are interested in trying new languages will discover OCaml on their own (like I and others did), and then will be motivated to approach it in a thoughtful and respectful manner because it's good, not because it's hip and CmdrTaco says he's going to look into it. Well, no, they won't. Personally, I don't care if folks are drunk, giggling and naked, I'd just like to see OCaml get more popular than, say, Lisp. ------------------- 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