Re: The non-freeness of OCAML (Was: Re: Comparison of various functional languages?)

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From: Lynn Winebarger
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 00:00

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In article <KETIL-867lqz4xjw.fsf@ketilboks.bgo.nera.no>,
Ketil Z Malde  <ketil@ii.uib.no> wrote:
>I don't think Java and OCAML are much in competition, most people turn 
>to Java by default, and probably haven't heard of OCAML at all.  I
>think you'll agree that the number of projects considering both, and
>ending up choosing OCAML because of performance, are negligible.

   Really, they actually turn to Java?  I woulda thought C or C++ for
sure.  

>
>If mindshare is what it's about, why not release your code but require
>an ad clause, akin to the BSD license?
>
   Please, no.  We'll never get a GPL'ed version then.
   Frankly, I don't see much to be gained by the sort of "language
nazism"  (ok, I've been flamed for using that "nazi" term before, but
it's in scare quotes.  If there's a better term, let me know).  All it
means is that someone has to go to the literature, implement what's
there, and then OCAML's code will be irrelevant anyway.

Lynn

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From: owinebar@ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu (Lynn Winebarger)
Subject: Re: The non-freeness of OCAML (Was: Re: Comparison of various functional languages?)
Date: 1999/04/26
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