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=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD4CBBAF for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:39:34 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AuICAE929EjAXQImiGdsb2JhbACTIT4BAQEVIqI6bIgQAQMBA4Fo X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,410,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="18729589" Received: from discorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.38]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 14 Oct 2008 19:39:34 +0200 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m9EHdXgp013082 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:39:34 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvIAABN29EjRVY69lGdsb2JhbACTIT4BAQEBCQkMBxEDojVsiBABAwEDgWg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,410,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="18100058" Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.189]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 14 Oct 2008 19:39:32 +0200 Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d27so2349634tid.9 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:39:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=fNiQqGFX4FWoYzP5PMhm/EUvQuDFNLYf9VHqcpyrHJ4=; b=OThlaFDhd7LDZMdEfjUaxpi5/x6FO86WnwEZY3fDQxt4RBRpa/4no1ZD8wBWARj0Jn wqL3NG7ehheKjnE1SDCVeRz2Mw77YiSQX5q3gGHhHYuP/jD96XScCspZYRw+xGyGr8YS TcypIluIIQjEEljyzWkk1hl6EH3KKKaMuk6W8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=HPxPt0wYPlVmY0BMkTEn6+B1m1dgRQ1clU/mfFhYEynN5sTkcelQ4FRPckAtnuu6ka b6U+MYhRXQcN/lMDU4zGY0kpQL4zWihKCnco0246QggOBZVVCK/fWLDftFDCZLsKLDpw 9hnjCzNU5GMMPo6EAuqwYaC48EJklv1pBj+4Q= Received: by 10.110.40.8 with SMTP id n8mr7045699tin.50.1224005970609; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:39:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.110.47.15 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:39:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <90823c940810141039u7ffd2de1te9158a00c3b2585c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:39:30 +0400 From: "Dmitry Bely" To: "Caml List" Subject: Re: Re : [Caml-list] Road to native windows OCaml... In-Reply-To: <666572260810140241p5d7b8ee2ofafebec229e9bce2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200810131935.53365.kuba@mareimbrium.org> <548B4D09-6EFF-4805-83E2-D1F413706EE5@erratique.ch> <666572260810140241p5d7b8ee2ofafebec229e9bce2@mail.gmail.com> X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 48F4D955.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 cygwin:01 ocaml-:01 cygwin:01 ocaml:01 mldonkey:01 runtime:01 distrib:01 gpl:01 wrote:01 dmitry:01 dmitry:01 caml-list:01 executables:01 bely:01 On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Adrien wrote: >>> Can I ask what the motivation is for this (out of interest, not >>> criticism)? >> >> Maybe because if you want to distribute executables using cygwin you >> have to release your code under a GPL compatible license [1]. >> >> Daniel >> >> [1] http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-3.10/notes/README.win32 > > I would give another explanation : cygwin is big and slow. > A base cygwin install is at least 1GB (when fully configured, after > carefully reviewing *each* package), a regular one is 2GB. XP itself > is not that big, I've not seen many applications that big, only CAD > ones. No way. My Cygwin installation (quite enough for building Ocaml and many other things) is just 274Mb. Not a big deal. > Cygwin is also slow, though it will probably not impact a student use > (networking is slower due to the translation, I have mldonkey in > mind). What exactly is slow when building Ocaml? make? Can you prove that? > ./configure are also painfully slow, the need to run several > small commands where startup time is more important than runtime gives > cygwin no chance [1]. Where did you find any ./configure script used for building the native Win32 Ocaml? - Dmitry Bely