On 4 Sep 2009, at 01:08, Jon Harrop wrote:

> I would very much like to learn batteries and write OCaml Journal  
> articles
> about it. The main reason I have not is not just that it has not  
> reached 1.0
> yet but that it is not a mere "apt-get install" away for most users.


This (for example) is what other language communities count as  
"batteries included":



http://www.activestate.com/activepython/



No disrespect intended towards the Batteries guys, but if the goal is  
to encourage widespread adoption, that's what to aim for.



Cheers,



G