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=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45EF8BC37 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:11:58 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AmYCAJmDtErUnwckkGdsb2JhbACCIZhoAQEBAQkJDAcTBLMUhBsF X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,415,1249250400"; d="scan'208";a="34590758" Received: from relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net ([212.159.7.36]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-SHA; 19 Sep 2009 16:11:58 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoHAJmDtErUnw6S/2dsb2JhbACCIcw8hBsF Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net ([212.159.14.146]) by relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net with ESMTP; 19 Sep 2009 15:11:56 +0100 Received: from [87.114.86.170] (helo=leper.local) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Mp0fM-0004I1-PU for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:11:56 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Scilab: Why not written in OCaml? Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:23:16 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <20090919005953.20724aglhumqekfd@webmail.in-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200909191623.16363.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Plusnet-Relay: 32450e11168290ecb8d5f22fafdd147d X-Spam: no; 0.00; scilab:01 ocaml:01 inria's:01 ocaml:01 2009:98 dog:98 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 inria:06 inria:06 institute:07 stephane:07 written:07 likely:08 On Saturday 19 September 2009 08:39:14 St=E9phane Lescuyer wrote: > > ...and from INRIA's view I would think: they have developed > > OCaml, but do not use it for their own developments.... > > ... strange, isn't it? > > I think you don't quite realize how big an institute the INRIA is : > > http://www.inria.fr/inria/enbref.en.html On the contrary, the bigger INRIA is the more valuable it would be for them= to=20 eat their own dog food. If OCaml had more users in INRIA it would garner mo= re=20 useful feedback and would be more likely to get funding. =2D-=20 Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?e