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 UAA24664; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:34:31 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA24105 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:34:29 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail5.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i7VIYRLL023160 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:34:29 +0200 Received: (qmail 30232 invoked from network); 31 Aug 2004 18:34:24 -0000 Received: from shell2.speakeasy.net ([69.17.110.71]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 31 Aug 2004 18:34:24 -0000 Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:34:24 -0700 (PDT) From: brogoff To: "Brandon J. Van Every" cc: caml Subject: RE: [Caml-list] Cross-compiling OCaml In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4134C4B3.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; brogoff:01 brogoff:01 caml-list:01 brandon:99 sven:01 luther:01 mingw:01 inclined:01 inverted:01 priorities:01 priorities:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 speakeasy:01 mainstream:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Brandon J. Van Every wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > > > This would indeed be a great great additional functionality. > > Well, speaking as a Windows-centric guy, I'd rather people just put > their time into good Windows support. I realize that the Linux / mingw > crowd isn't so inclined towards that. I'm just saying that mainstream > Windows developers don't see cross-compilation from Linux as valuable. > First class native Windows support is what counts. I think that you might be happier using Clean than OCaml. The Clean team has inverted priorities (with regards to OSes they support) from the OCaml team. For them, Windows support and then Mac support are first, and Unix is a second class citizen. There are even some (very primitive) game libraries for Clean. I think it's a good thing for OCaml that Unix support comes first, for many reasons, not the least important of which is that the Unix community does tend to have more of a programmer oriented, "can do" mindset, IMO. I concur with everything John Goerzen wrote about programming being (potentially) fun, and cross compilation as meaning more than Windows (ARM is very interesting to me lately) as a target. But priorities can differ, and I think with your stated priorities you may be happier there. -- Brian -- Brian ------------------- 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