From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id RAA26150; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:08:09 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA26471 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:08:08 +0100 (MET) Received: from mrwall.kal.com (mrwall.kal.com [194.193.14.236]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with SMTP id fADG88j18825 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:08:08 +0100 (MET) Received: from mrwall.kal.com [194.193.14.236] (HELO localhost) by mrwall.kal.com (AltaVista Mail V2.0J/2.0J BL25J listener) id 0000_0045_3bf1_464e_9ada; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:11:58 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: Receptive Tool Vendors (was: Re: [Caml-list] Jihad) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.4417.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:04:05 -0000 Message-ID: <8E31D6933A2FE64F8AE3CC1381EEDCE7181A0B@NT.kal.com> Thread-Topic: Receptive Tool Vendors (was: Re: [Caml-list] Jihad) Thread-Index: AcFsW2+edA3/VxurSXK9+jiHO6iubQAAd8NA From: "Dave Berry" To: "David Fox" , "Eric Newhuis" Cc: "Caml" Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Perhaps the phrase ", at least in the USA", would be more helpful -- it would indicate that you're only discussing areas you know about, and not attempting to generalise. -----Original Message----- From: David Fox [mailto:dsfox@cogsci.ucsd.edu] Sent: 13 November 2001 15:56 To: Eric Newhuis Cc: Caml Subject: Re: Receptive Tool Vendors (was: Re: [Caml-list] Jihad) "Eric Newhuis" writes: > > Have you found tool vendors outside of the USA more receptive / > > perceptive? >=20 > Not directly. However I have, on occasion, encountered people from the UK > who know ML and have preached its virtues. I only assumed that there must > have been some form of support outside the classrooms and research labs. >=20 > Am I wrong? What is the current state of functional programming language > acceptance? I would say it is low world wide. As a matter of fact, many of the engineers in the U.S. who are unaware of functional programming are foreigners! I'm being facetious, but I think that injecting nationality into this discussion is unhelpful and annoying. --=20 David Fox dsfox@cogsci.ucsd.edu http://www.foxthompson.net/dsf/ ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr