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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Build-/Installation-Tools - not enogh of them?



On Mon, 26 Nov 2018, SP wrote:

> On 26/11/2018 21:29, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > The problem is how many programming languages exist today.  Is it really
> > realistic to expect users to learn how to use a different package manager
> > for all of them?
> Users of software written in OCaml don't need to install any compilers, OPAM, etc, since OCaml can be compiled into a static binary, which will depend on libraries found in most Linux environments.
>
> Now if you are talking about developers needing to get tool-chains and libraries.. there is no clear answer. From different perspectives, the ideal answer is different.

Actually, I typically just post fixes to github and ask people to download
and compile the new version.  It's more practical than making a release
and binaries for each small change.

julia

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