Re: Portability of applications written in OCAML: C stuff

From: skaller (skaller@maxtal.com.au)
Date: Fri Feb 25 2000 - 17:58:42 MET

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    Alan Schmitt wrote:

    > Now if you would be so kind as to explain what better solution you
    > have compared to makefiles, I'm all ears.

    See my previous email. I have no end of problems installing
    things (in general) as source. Ocaml is a pleasant exception,
    it is very easy to build.

    BTW: please think about configuration management and installation for
    a second: it is well known to be a nightmare on all systems.
    Specialists are employed by most companies with more than few boxes
    just to keep them running and maintain the software configuration.
    I think it's obvious on reflection that this is a really difficult
    problem, and there really has to be something a lot better than
    make and friends.

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