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> > ...
> > "Lambdaman", "Hackwell", etc. FPs appear to be designed by entire
> > teams of "Lambdamen". (OK, perhaps I'm being a little bit
> > provocative here ;-)
> 
> You certainly are provocative, as far as the Caml team is concerned:
> we consistently insisted on practicability and usability of the
> language, ...

I agree that the CAML team works really hard to make Caml practical.
Indeed the reason that I chose CAML to work with over other languages
was its pragmatism. It gave the impression of a "C" type language [no
insult intended], with the help of a whole lot of experience in 
modern language design, to make a really good language.