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,SPF_PASS autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E40EEBC6B; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:01:35 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAIPrMkfAXQInh2dsb2JhbACBW40mAQEBCAop X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,391,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="19084951" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 08 Nov 2007 20:01:35 +0100 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lA8J1W4K028910 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK); Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:01:35 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAIPrMkc+BBFog2dsb2JhbACBW40mAQEBCAQGJw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,391,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="4212697" Received: from smtp-104-thursday.noc.nerim.net (HELO mallaury.nerim.net) ([62.4.17.104]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 08 Nov 2007 20:01:32 +0100 Received: from hector.lesours (ours.starynkevitch.net [213.41.244.95]) by mallaury.nerim.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80FB4F40B; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:01:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.0.1] (glinka.lesours [192.168.0.1]) by hector.lesours (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0C0320F1E4; Thu, 8 Nov 2007 20:01:17 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47335D04.2080102@starynkevitch.net> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:01:24 +0100 From: Basile STARYNKEVITCH User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071008) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Fischer Cc: =?UTF-8?B?VG9tIFByaW1vxb5pxI0=?= , caml-list , Xavier Leroy Subject: Re: [Caml-list] STOP References: <9d3ec8300711080617g1b023711o1a8f9aa50b7874@mail.gmail.com> <47334DAA.80407@inria.fr> <4733542C.30909@fischerventure.com> In-Reply-To: <4733542C.30909@fischerventure.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 47335D0C.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; basile:01 basile:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 faiencerie:01 92340:01 reine:01 wrote:01 compilers:01 michel:01 caml-list:01 8501:02 2359:02 leroy's:03 xavier:06 Robert Fischer wrote: > Now I'm imagining Xavier fighting zombies with a chainsaw hand. I really think that the Ocaml community owes a big lot to Xavier Leroy, so I really suggest all of us to stop this rant. And I also know that Ocaml is much cleaner and more robust (i.e. less buggy) than a lot of other compilers (either commercial, or opensource). At last, I want to publicly congratulate Xavier Leroy on this list for his Michel Monpetit prize http://www-c.inria.fr/Internet/scientific-research/researchers-news/prizes-and-distinctions-1/prizes-and-distinctions-1/inria-receives-awards-for-the-quality-of-its-research I still hope that Xavier Leroy won't be pissed off too long. And I had the honor to work one year in Xavier Leroy's team. It was my best professionnal year, and I appreciated a lot Xavier personal qualities (in addition of his scientific ones). -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basilestarynkevitchnet mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France *** opinions {are only mines, sont seulement les miennes} ***