From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37B5CBC6C for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:40:59 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq4HAG/MnUfAXQInh2dsb2JhbACCNo1zAQEBCAopmxM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,261,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="7347599" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 28 Jan 2008 21:40:59 +0100 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m0SKeswH015567 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:40:58 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq4HACPNnUfUnw7Xh2dsb2JhbACCNo1zAQEBCAopmxE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,261,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="21904661" Received: from fhw-relay07.plus.net ([212.159.14.215]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 28 Jan 2008 21:40:58 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by fhw-relay07.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1JJamn-0002t1-E8; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:40:57 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: "Hezekiah M. Carty" Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: The OCaml Community (aka back from the Developer Days) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:35:28 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <1201439362.6302.15.camel@Blefuscu> <200801281949.13064.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <3a360f590801281216r28ad06f1ufadf4d7ceb74b84c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3a360f590801281216r28ad06f1ufadf4d7ceb74b84c@mail.gmail.com> Cc: caml-list@inria.fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801282035.29035.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Plusnet-Relay: 630c7af567a5cc89f1eaad264c49e32a X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 479E3DD6.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 stdlib:01 stdlib:01 recursive:01 camlp:01 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 functions:01 tail:01 tar:01 clarify:04 aka:04 fix:05 On Monday 28 January 2008 20:16:17 you wrote: > My understanding is that the benefits would come from having a richer, > community developed "official" OCaml distribution. So the stdlib > would stay in place, but extra items would be included as well. Ah! So we can fix the stdlib? Perhaps I should clarify what I mean: we can provide missing functionality, make functions tail recursive and optimize them. > For > example, package ExtLib and some commonly useful Camlp4 extensions > along with the distribution .tar.gz/.exe/.dmg. If I understood the > meeting transcription in IRC, the official OCaml folks at INRIA would > bless this as the proper way to get and install OCaml once the > community structure is in place. Ok. Even if the community doesn't control the language, I still think this is a step in the right direction. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/?e