From: Oliver Bandel <oliver@first.in-berlin.de>
To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Estimating the size of the ocaml community
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:39:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050205133922.GF484@first.in-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050205071308.GA24083@tallman.ucsc.edu>
On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 11:13:08PM -0800, Kenneth Knowles wrote:
[...]
> The mainstream languages are that way for two reasons:
> (1) They filled a niche at a key moment. This happens about once a decade, and
> by no means selects the "best" language.
> (2) They are entrenched (by #1). When this happens to your language it freezes
> and you have to look elsewhere for the cutting edge.
>
> So it all depends on your goals. Personally, I would prefer for something like
> SML to become mainstream, because it is already a relic. I'd like to see O'Caml
> continue as it is - an enormous advantage for those small companies and
> individuals who are nimble and adventurous enough to use it, and a reasonably
> researchful language.
Yes, I agree here.
Better to have - as small company or especially as single developer -
the advantage of a growing, excellent language and not have many
others who also use it.
Ciao,
Oliver
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2005-02-04 19:36 Ernesto Posse
2005-02-04 23:57 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-05 13:24 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-05 2:27 ` skaller
2005-02-05 2:55 ` Michael Walter
2005-02-05 3:07 ` Ernesto Posse
2005-02-05 13:31 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-05 15:26 ` William D.Neumann
2005-02-05 16:41 ` Richard Jones
2005-02-05 4:58 ` Christopher A. Watford
2005-02-05 16:09 ` Martin Willensdorfer
2005-02-05 7:13 ` Kenneth Knowles
2005-02-05 13:39 ` Oliver Bandel [this message]
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2005-02-20 12:49 Jon Harrop
2005-02-20 13:56 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-20 16:18 ` Diego Olivier Fernandez Pons
2005-02-21 2:07 ` Jon Harrop
2005-02-21 6:25 ` Erik de Castro Lopo
2005-02-03 0:23 Don Syme
2005-02-02 21:31 Yaron Minsky
2005-02-02 21:36 ` [Caml-list] " Christopher A. Watford
2005-02-02 21:54 ` Frédéric Gava
2005-02-03 3:58 ` skaller
2005-02-03 6:35 ` Erik de Castro Lopo
2005-02-03 16:29 ` Olivier Pérès
2005-02-03 18:06 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-03 18:34 ` Frédéric Gava
2005-02-03 21:16 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-03 21:58 ` Paul Snively
2005-02-03 22:42 ` Bardur Arantsson
2005-02-03 23:29 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-03 22:33 ` josh
2005-02-03 23:22 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-03 23:39 ` Richard Jones
2005-02-04 9:04 ` Frédéric Gava
2005-02-04 9:37 ` Richard Jones
2005-02-04 10:11 ` Olivier Andrieu
2005-02-04 11:14 ` Frédéric Gava
2005-02-04 12:15 ` Richard Jones
2005-02-04 12:46 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2005-02-04 12:51 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2005-02-04 13:43 ` Richard W. M. Jones
2005-02-04 16:01 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2005-02-04 16:52 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 17:21 ` Frédéric Gava
2005-02-04 17:55 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 16:48 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 12:15 ` Olivier Andrieu
2005-02-04 16:42 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 10:58 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 17:27 ` Damien Doligez
2005-02-04 17:59 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 1:17 ` Michael Walter
2005-02-04 10:53 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 22:01 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-05 12:27 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-06 0:08 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-03 23:29 ` Richard Jones
2005-02-04 2:33 ` Jon Harrop
[not found] ` <877e9a170502031856175260c8@mail.gmail.com>
2005-02-04 2:56 ` Michael Walter
2005-02-04 9:29 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-04 10:26 ` Andreas Rossberg
2005-02-04 17:54 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-04 15:43 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 19:54 ` Christophe TROESTLER
2005-02-04 20:20 ` Karl Zilles
2005-02-04 22:07 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-04 9:41 ` Richard Jones
2005-02-04 10:03 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-04 16:00 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 17:32 ` sejourne_kevin
2005-02-04 18:46 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-05 1:49 ` skaller
2005-02-04 8:55 ` Ville-Pertti Keinonen
2005-02-04 9:36 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-04 10:30 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 22:02 ` Thomas Fischbacher
2005-02-05 13:14 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-04 21:55 ` Basile STARYNKEVITCH
2005-02-03 19:04 ` ronniec95
2005-02-03 20:06 ` skaller
2005-02-03 20:50 ` chris.danx
2005-02-03 21:14 ` Jon Harrop
2005-02-03 21:34 ` chris.danx
2005-02-03 22:07 ` Bardur Arantsson
2005-02-03 21:47 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2005-02-04 3:52 ` skaller
2005-02-04 16:12 ` Oliver Bandel
2005-02-05 2:04 ` skaller
2005-02-03 20:35 ` chris.danx
2005-02-03 8:36 ` sejourne_kevin
2005-02-03 8:39 ` Matthieu Brucher
2005-02-03 16:23 ` Olivier Pérès
2005-02-03 10:10 ` Stefano Zacchiroli
2005-02-02 22:10 ` Kenneth Knowles
2005-02-02 22:40 ` Michael Jeffrey Tucker
2005-02-02 22:52 ` Richard Jones
2005-02-02 23:42 ` Nicolas Cannasse
2005-02-03 6:53 ` Evan Martin
2005-02-03 6:57 ` Eric Stokes
2005-02-03 20:53 ` chris.danx
2005-02-03 23:29 ` Sylvain LE GALL
2005-02-03 23:38 ` sejourne_kevin
2005-02-07 8:49 ` Sven Luther
2005-02-07 9:23 ` Johann Spies
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