Re: the windows subject

"'Mr. Herr' [email protected] [ocaml_beginners]" <[email protected]> Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:47:24 +0200

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On 14.04.2016 21:18, 'Mr. Herr' [email protected] [ocaml_beginners] wrote:
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> On 14.04.2016 16:07, Hendrik Boom [email protected] [ocaml_beginners] wrote:
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>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 09:32:15AM +0200, 'Mr. Herr' [email protected]
>> [ocaml_beginners] wrote:
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>> > Other platforms: on MS Windows there is F#, which is a .NET offspring of OCaml.
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>> You shouldn't have to resort to F# on Windows. Isn't OCaml available
>> on Windows, too?
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> It was meant as an offer. F# has taken some unique turns, for example
> an optional syntax with significant white space, and the embedding into
> .NET can be appealing. It has caused some hype amongst windows
> programmers.
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> Whilst waiting for the heresy trial (making it worse ;-) i can tell  you -
> if you don't know already - that the mono project at mono-project.com 
> is now sponsored by MS and seems to be usable.
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> Yes there is OCaml on windows, link
> http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-4.00/notes/README.win32
Addition:

MS is working on bringing linux to windows, be it for the better or the worse:

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about

sorry, ubuntu, not linux:

    http://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-not-linux-on-windows-how-it-works/   

/Str.