From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id WAA27858 for caml-red; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 22:23:20 +0200 (MET DST) 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 WAA11901 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:01:34 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.10.0/8.10.0) with ESMTP id e81K1WP19005; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 22:01:32 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from localhost (patrick@localhost) by fledge.watson.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA42607; Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:01:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from patrick@watson.org) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:01:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick M Doane To: Xavier Leroy cc: Julian Assange , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: ICFP'00 programming contest In-Reply-To: <20000831113726.36306@pauillac.inria.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: weis@pauillac.inria.fr On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Xavier Leroy wrote: > > How'd you go? This was an excellent multi-dimensional test of rapid > > software design, but the juding criteria seems somewhat arbitary. > > You can see our entry at http://caml.inria.fr/icfp00-contest/, > including some cool test images. For those interested in seeing another Caml entry to the contest, check out: http://lyren.penguinpowered.com/icfp2000/ The Inria team definitely has us beat! I thought I'd take this contest as an opportunity to evangelize Caml and put together a team from friends at work that had little or no previous experience with Caml programming. We were able to implement the Tier 1 features, and most of the Tier 2 and Tier 3 functionality while still taking time out for the work days. None of us had any solid experience writing ray tracers, and only a couple had some 3d programming background. While we certainly won't win the contest, everyone on my team was amazed to see how much we did accomplish. We all felt that the Caml language made a big contribution to rapid development. The contest was a lot of fun, except for the many modifications/changes to the document. I'm glad to see it getting much more exposure this year. Good luck to the Inria team. It looks like you have a nice elegant solution there! Patrick