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 UAA23548; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:08:40 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA24772 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:08:39 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from outbound28-2.lax.untd.com (vlan1-1.bigip2.lax.untd.com [64.136.28.160]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i3EI9cjq003095 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:09:39 +0200 Received: from outbound28-2.lax.untd.com (smtp04.lax.untd.com [10.130.24.124]) by smtpout04.lax.untd.com with SMTP id AABAH49Q8AMJEHNS for (sender ); Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:07:26 -0700 (PST) Received: (qmail 22843 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2004 18:07:08 -0000 Received: from dsc04-sei-wa-205-187-140-253.rasserver.net (HELO vangogh) (205.187.140.253) by smtp04.lax.untd.com with SMTP; 14 Apr 2004 18:07:08 -0000 From: "Brandon J. Van Every" To: Subject: RE: [Caml-list] suggestion: do not link to www.ocaml.org Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:16:02 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20040414151414.GB16580@excelhustler.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal X-ContentStamp: 14:7:1730334723 X-MAIL-INFO: 4b2d4951708d388d24fded1d2db4c9d071d0d45401c4eda4d4606d5dc4744019c43919c43484c48511a560159d85d99d85a1e1858001e059104949618db1506175fdc9d024242dad900929311000adf96d6dd1d421edd18930dd457d7d X-Miltered: at nez-perce by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; brandon:99 caml-list:01 brandon:99 belabor:01 python:01 python:01 seattle:99 2004:99 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 htm:97 wrote:03 wrote:03 data:03 certified:94 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 342 John Goerzen wrote: > Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > > John Goerzen wrote: > > > > > > [Regarding the slogan, "The programming tool of choice > > > for discriminating hackers"] > > > > > > No, it suggests that OCaml is a real language that can be > > > used to solve real problems quickly, > > > > To you. And I submit, you are a techie who thinks the word > > 'hacker' has > > positive connotations. Suits don't see it that way. Not that I'm a > > Sure, but -- who gives a damn? Clearly not you. Since you're not interested in entertaining the perspective of target demographics other than your own, I don't see a reason to belabor explaining anything to you. You won't listen. > The site is clearly aimed at programmers who will understand. If one wants to grow a language base, why should it be so narrowly aimed? > > Sure. A 2% market share can't be wrong. ;-) Beats OCaml by a mile > > though. > > You have no idea what the Python "market share" is, One point of data: http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm There are others. You can Google for them yourself. If you actually want to know, it's knowable. The ballpark is certainly correct: try going to Monster.com and searching for Python jobs. ;-) Now try OCaml. ;-) ;-) Cheers, www.indiegamedesign.com Brandon Van Every Seattle, WA When no one else sells courage, supply and demand take hold. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.643 / Virus Database: 411 - Release Date: 3/25/2004 ------------------- 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/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners