Re: [Caml-list] OCaml turns 25

[Muriel SHAN SEI FAN <muriel.shanseifan@ocamlpro.com>]

Thanks so much Xavier, on behalf of the OCamlPro team :-)
We could not say better than Jean-Marc's beautiful testimony (by the way
OCamlPro just turned 10).
25 years already! We feel grateful for this wonderful gift of a
state-of-the-art, powerful, fun and addictive language, and for being
part of this sparkling community.
No doubt many industrial and academic users and contributors will keep
being attracted to OCaml, growing into a strong ecosystem.
Bravo !
Muriel, p/o all the OCamlPro team

-- 
Muriel SHAN SEI FAN, présidente
OCamlPro
https://timeline.ocamlpro.com/

On 16/05/2021 13:53, Jeanmarc Eber wrote:
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> Thank you, Xavier, for this reminder.
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> When founding LexiFi more than 22 years ago, we decided to bet all our
> technological future on OCaml.
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> We never had to regret it.
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> Many thanks to all contributors, may they be academics, private
> enthusiasts, companies, or related institutions.
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> OCaml is the tool that makes our day-to-day programming work fun and
> contributes giving LexiFi a clear advantage over many of our competitors.
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> Happy birthday, OCaml!
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> Jean-Marc Eber, founder and CEO, LexiFi
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> *From:* caml-list-request@inria.fr <caml-list-request@inria.fr> *On
> Behalf Of *Xavier Leroy
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 9, 2021 9:34 AM
> *To:* caml users <caml-list@inria.fr>
> *Subject:* [Caml-list] OCaml turns 25
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> Dear OCaml enthusiasts,
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> 25 years ago, on May 9th 1996, release 1.00 of the Objective Caml
> language and system was announced:
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> https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/1996-05/msg00003.html
> <https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/1996-05/msg00003.html>
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> It was already the consolidation of many years of work, integrating
> Jérôme Vouillon and Didier Rémy's work on objects and classes within
> Caml Special Light, itself a combination of my work on modules and
> native-code compilation with earlier code taken from Caml Light,
> especially Damien Doligez's GC.
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> Little did I know that O(bjective) Caml would still be there 25 years
> later!
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> A lot happened during this time, including several major evolutions of
> the language, and, much more importantly, the emergence of a community
> of users and an ecosystem of tools and libraries.  But maybe this was
> just the beginning for something even bigger?  We'll see...
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> Happy birthday, OCaml!
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> - Xavier Leroy
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