[Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken

2009-12-21 Thread Keyan
Hi, i have a large project written in C++, for which i am planing to write add-ons and tools in ocaml, e.g. different tools to analyse my code (dependency stuff), an interpreter for a script-language i plan to include, etc, etc. form my time at the uni i remembered that ocaml allows to compile

Re: [Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken

2009-12-21 Thread Gerd Stolpmann
Am Montag, den 21.12.2009, 15:19 +0100 schrieb Keyan: Hi, i have a large project written in C++, for which i am planing to write add-ons and tools in ocaml, e.g. different tools to analyse my code (dependency stuff), an interpreter for a script-language i plan to include, etc, etc. form

Re: [Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken

2009-12-21 Thread rixed
following this discussion, i am not so sure anymore, if ocaml is a good decision. may be i got this discussion wrong, but if ocaml is dying out, i might have to look for another functional programming language to use with my project. Every programming language suffers its trolls and

Re: [Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken

2009-12-21 Thread Philip
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 15:19 +0100, Keyan wrote: Hi, i have a large project written in C++, for which i am planing to write add-ons and tools in ocaml, e.g. different tools to analyse my code (dependency stuff), an interpreter for a script-language i plan to include, etc, etc. form my

Re: [Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken

2009-12-21 Thread Keyan
Hi, first of all thanks for the replies, and for not misunderstanding my email. What language you chose should depend always on your (your team) skills, tools and tasks. i dont want to go into a which-programming-language-is-best-for-what discussion (as this will never end), but at this

Re: [Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken

2009-12-21 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 04:01:31PM +0100, Keyan wrote: but at this point i wanted to know if ocaml is still alive, i.e. if you can still easily download and install it on a variety of OS, and Quite alive. http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/o/ocaml/current/changelog (Look for new

Re: [Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken

2009-12-21 Thread Eray Ozkural
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Gerd Stolpmann g...@gerd-stolpmann.de wrote: Please don't believe Jon's propaganda. He has just very specific needs (high performance computing on desktops), and generalizes them in the way it's not perfect for me anymore, so it's bad anyway. He has been doing

Re: [Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken

2009-12-21 Thread Dario Teixeira
Hi, i dont want to go into a which-programming-language-is-best-for-what discussion (as this will never end), but at this point i wanted to know if ocaml is still alive, i.e. if you can still easily download and install it on a variety of OS, and if it will be supported in the future. The

Re: [Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken

2009-12-21 Thread Jacques Carette
I agree with most of what Dario Teixeira wrote, except for one small quibble: Dario Teixeira wrote: Last but not least, Ocaml plays a central role in multiple INRIA projects, which means its creators have all the reason to continue maintaining it and improving it for the foreseeable future

Re: [Caml-list] general question, was Re: OCaml is broken

2009-12-21 Thread Jon Harrop
On Monday 21 December 2009 14:19:05 Keyan wrote: Hi, i have a large project written in C++, for which i am planing to write add-ons and tools in ocaml, e.g. different tools to analyse my code (dependency stuff), an interpreter for a script-language i plan to include, etc, etc. form my time