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=0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL 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 E84D2BBCA for ; Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:16 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsIAAO6nI0jBtPs+mmdsb2JhbACSBgEBAQEBBgcIBxGYfQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,459,1204498800"; d="scan'208";a="25990328" Received: from mailgw4.ericsson.se ([193.180.251.62]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 09 May 2008 10:29:16 +0200 Received: from mailgw4.ericsson.se (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mailgw4.ericsson.se (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id DEC9021591; Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:15 +0200 (CEST) X-AuditID: c1b4fb3e-ac995bb000004ec0-d7-48240b5bd2b4 Received: from esealmw126.eemea.ericsson.se (unknown [153.88.254.123]) by mailgw4.ericsson.se (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id CBF6821584; Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from esealmw128.eemea.ericsson.se ([153.88.254.172]) by esealmw126.eemea.ericsson.se with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:15 +0200 Received: from ws73032.uab.ericsson.se ([130.100.73.32]) by esealmw128.eemea.ericsson.se with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:14 +0200 Received: from [153.88.16.170] by ws73032.uab.ericsson.se (8.11.7p2+Sun/client-1.3uab4) id m498TDa05735; Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:13 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <48240B59.3090303@ericsson.com> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 10:29:13 +0200 From: "Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB)" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jon Harrop Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: constructive criticism about Ocaml References: <200805090139.54870.jon@ffconsultancy.com> In-Reply-To: <200805090139.54870.jon@ffconsultancy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 May 2008 08:29:14.0910 (UTC) FILETIME=[C3E5C3E0:01C8B1AE] X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 erlang:01 erlang:01 blog:98 blog:98 btw:03 constructive:03 consequence:04 triggered:05 brian:05 thread:06 similar:12 otherwise:12 unintended:13 Jon Harrop skrev: > Brian Hurt recently published the following blog post > "Why OCaml sucks": > > http://enfranchisedmind.com/blog/2008/05/07/why-ocaml-sucks/ A friendly word of advice from a member of the Erlang Community, which just suffered an endless thread with the subject "Why Erlang sucks", triggered by a similar blog article on Erlang: Please change the subject Now! The surely unintended consequence of such a blog article (which was otherwise ok, btw) is that Google will now find 336 hits on "ocaml sucks", threatening to exceed Erlang's corresponding 337 hits any minute now. But it's your party. I'll go back to lurking now. (: BR, Ulf W