> Using a very simple analysis from > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_desktop_operating_systems, > 97.14%[1] of the computers in the world run an OS which does not have a > "Linux"-style package manager (very sad, but true).
With OCaml you can distribute native code programs, so the installation problem is relevant only to programmers. As only a very small portion of these "computers in the world" are used as programming work-stations, we can't conclude much from this measure. We'd rather have to know what share of computers used by programmers to write software does not come with a decent package system. I guess this would be much less impressive. Also, OCaml is not the only system that's harder to install on windows than on Unix : Haskell's Cabal have difficulties on windows also, for instance. I bet something like ActivePython came _after_ python was already popular and had many libraries that were easy to install on Linux only, and not the other way around. > In vain hope of not starting a flame war, In other words, you would like to be read but not answered ? _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
