Re: [Caml-list] OCaml turns 25

[Christoph Cullmann <christoph@cullmann.io>]

On 2021-05-09 09:33, Xavier Leroy wrote:
> Dear OCaml enthusiasts,
> 
> 25 years ago, on May 9th 1996, release 1.00 of the Objective Caml
> language and system was
> announced:https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list/1996-05/msg00003.html
> 
> It was already the consolidation of many years of work, integrating
> Jérôme Vouillon and Didier Rémy's work on objects and classes
> within Caml Special Light, itself a combination of my work on modules
> and native-code compilation with earlier code taken from Caml Light,
> especially Damien Doligez's GC.
> 
> Little did I know that O(bjective) Caml would still be there 25 years
> later!
> 
> A lot happened during this time, including several major evolutions of
> the language, and, much more importantly, the emergence of a community
> of users and an ecosystem of tools and libraries.  But maybe this was
> just the beginning for something even bigger?  We'll see...
> Happy birthday, OCaml!

Congratulations, given the rise and fall of numerous programming 
languages
during that time, it is a great accomplishment that OCaml is still alive
and growing after all that time.

Greetings
Christoph

> 
> - Xavier Leroy

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