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 6F716BBAF for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:00:07 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AugDAKvt80jAXQIniGdsb2JhbACKBIlcAQEBFSKpLIFs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,408,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="30312584" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 14 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0200 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m9E7xsue007871 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtQBACPu80hRZ90vmmdsb2JhbACKBIlcAQEBAQEICwoHEQOpMYFs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,408,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="18074397" Received: from mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.47]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 14 Oct 2008 09:59:59 +0200 Received: from aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20081014075958.JQKP2285.mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:59:58 +0100 Received: from romulus.metastack.com ([81.102.132.77]) by aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20081014075958.PHKZ22934.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@romulus.metastack.com> for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:59:58 +0100 Received: from countertenor ([149.254.192.224]) (authenticated bits=0) by romulus.metastack.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m9E7xoct027518 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:59:52 +0100 From: "David Allsopp" To: References: <200810131935.53365.kuba@mareimbrium.org> Subject: RE: [Caml-list] Road to native windows OCaml... Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:59:49 +0100 Organization: MetaStack Solutions Ltd. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-reply-to: <200810131935.53365.kuba@mareimbrium.org> Thread-Index: AcktjHWxO+16P+RiQWCcBvrUVWLatQARU1hg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 81.102.132.74 X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=BNWfb43yIh8A:10 a=BHk4w6ukizoA:10 a=IshvBfgMgO6MKpYaw8cA:9 a=0TjwI8PQJAcO-70_ldIsUFHmUI8A:4 a=-wnwXlR73-0A:10 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 48F4517A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 mingw:01 cygwin:01 compilation:01 cygwin:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 motivation:02 native:03 compiled:04 install:05 path:07 natively:07 briefly:08 Kuba Ober wrote: > I've looked briefly at what it'd take to have OCaml > fully working natively (with mingw/VS), without any Cygwin > needed for compilation. Can I ask what the motivation is for this (out of interest, not criticism)? It only takes a matter of minutes to install Cygwin and it can be completely ignored once OCaml is compiled (I don't even have Cygwin in my PATH). David