Re: [Caml-list] UFO (United Forces of OCaml)

[Yaron Minsky <yminsky@janestreet.com>]

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Török Edwin <edwin+ml-ocaml@etorok.net> wrote:
> On 09/27/2013 10:11 AM, Gour wrote:
>>
>> However, there are certain things which seems like wasting of resources,
>> so my humble proposal is whether it is possible to make UFO - United
>> Forces of OCaml in order not to have too many (similar) projects
>> tackling the same problems.
>
> I think this is worked on under the name "OCaml Platform":
> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/projects/ocamllabs/tasks/platform.html
>
>> So, my naive proposal is to try to combine forces together and produce
>> small(er) set of tools libraries and make it somewhat 'standard' within
>> community.
>
> I'd prefer if existing tools are improved, and the best one considered as "standard",
> rather than developing a new set of tools to replace all the existing ones.
> As you noticed we have too many alternatives already, and if yet another one is created we'll end up with: http://xkcd.com/927/

I very much agree.  The problem of having too many libraries isn't
solved by a vote or by creating Yet Another Library.  It's solved by
one of the alternatives getting good enough that people migrate to it
of their own accord.  I'm hopeful that the work we're doing on Core
and its related libraries will get it there, but whether it does or
not is a question for people to vote on with their feet (or with their
fingers, I suppose.)

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