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=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_POST, MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR,SPF_NEUTRAL 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 CE64ABC37 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:13:34 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjkCAOPpn0rRVdO7kGdsb2JhbACSAYh8PwEBAQEJCQwHEwOtf4EnkCYBAwIEhBcFgVg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,327,1249250400"; d="scan'208";a="45984606" Received: from mail-yw0-f187.google.com ([209.85.211.187]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Sep 2009 01:13:34 +0200 Received: by ywh17 with SMTP id 17so660880ywh.3 for ; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:13:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=DNkLo84rsyzuu8VW4Gwg/TNBgunDnspVTBRD0GppMfc=; b=gtHWHf1b5CTkdfaANbkfi5jFXvIl6D/wmX4Imk7sknVbjzpp9jHYXQ8URPwI9shx2e ZKRUVMiu7StR41bkwF98lOLPYlXg11nGEYDTKP/wbTJst02bOKU+3NfnDpbd4TdNrUp9 NWGTzvwlNZ3rV9bmgSTVEHNxCeNWi0J/ogdIs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Cd3lS2/1vu7INF6BOWaK5PnoQkWHb8SOFG6Mp36q07kgznOLYvVroZrf/T2tXGbE/n bzS3xX3zB69p7cmtQyWoHmL72/nHsVtXdxQ0BlfIjpelGbtdUjvMdbNyxRK6swjfPAWs vh8HIjnbMwD8TIq+4/1LozGQCwbVgyF+/B1tU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.43.12 with SMTP id v12mr7906019anj.90.1252019613067; Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:13:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A9FBF04.1060608@gmail.com> References: <4A9FBF04.1060608@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 00:13:32 +0100 Message-ID: <4d1b2df20909031613r241aecdft82c069cba0223ec4@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why don't you use batteries? From: Philippe Wang To: Edgar Friendly Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam: no; 0.00; cheers:01 dependencies:01 camlp:01 2009:98 edgar:98 1.0:98 wrote:01 compile:01 caml-list:01 executables:01 seems:03 thu:05 install:05 install:05 sep:06 I am not sure my answer is relevant, but here it is : The ratio (time needed to install&learn&use it) / (time saved) has to be interesting (close to zero). For me, at the moment, this ratio is close to infinite. However, I do hope to use it someday. Cheers, Philippe On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Edgar Friendly wrote: > It seems like batteries' adoption isn't quite as thorough as expected. > We in the batteries devel team would love to know why you don't use > batteries. Here's some of our guesses: > > 1) I *do* use batteries > 2) It's not 1.0 yet, I'll try it then > 3) It makes my executables too big > 4) It's too hard to install (dependencies, godi failures) > 5) It's difficult to compile against > 6) It doesn't work on my platform > 7) It uses camlp4 > 8) Other (please explain) > > Respond in public if appropriate, respond directly to me if you want. > Now's a good time to think about where batteries is going and how it's > getting there. > > E