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 BAA04800; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 01:43:14 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f 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 BAA04579 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 01:43:13 +0100 (MET) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from web10303.mail.yahoo.com (web10303.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.130.81]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id h2D0guf05824 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 01:43:03 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <20030313004249.65353.qmail@web10303.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [128.165.156.80] by web10303.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:42:49 NZDT Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:42:49 +1300 (NZDT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Graham=20Guttocks?= Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml popularity To: Martin Weber Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <20030312185904.GB372@phaeton.entropie.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 weber:99 specialists:99 opensource:01 sms:99 telstra:99 ocaml:01 folks:01 credit:98 external:03 wrote:03 group:04 obscure:05 i'd:06 programmers:06 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Martin Weber wrote: > > Most programmers are idiots, and idiots won't be able to appreciate > the good things - they take the language which fits their > intellectual base. This may be a bit harsh, but I understand your sentiment. How about the group in between the idiots and the language specialists? i.e, folks who _would_ appreciate OCaml if they were exposed to it and had some better teaching tools available? > Bluntly, why should Ocaml be known more ? Notoriety leads to a greater userbase which has many trickle-down effects such as external suggestions and contributions, conferences, additional funding, etc. all of which improve the language and insure its future. The benefits of opensource are all about getting the code into more hands. You lose all of these if OCaml remains obscure and shrouded in mystery. Look, I'm not talking about turning OCaml into a commercially driven behemoth like Java folks. I'd just like to see OCaml get the exposure, support, credit, etc. I think it deserves. ===== Regards, Graham http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile. ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners