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because they didn't have millions of dollars for marketing budgets or the one thing they did that could make startups make millions off their work.

• goatinaboat 5y ago
  because they didn't have millions of dollars for marketing budgets or the one thing they did that could make startups make millions off their work. If the French government had realised what they had in OCaml and made it the standard programming language in all of France they would be a software powerhouse by now.
  • phtrivier 5y ago
    Back when I was a student (circa 2000), caml was one of the "official" language to teach computer science in the first few years leading to engineering school ; and in my case, it also happened to be the first language taught to everyone in my eng school. So I guess the acamedic world was trying it's best. I remember joking with a TA that no one would ever write a line a caml professionally ; I can't wait to be writing reason or caramel at a gig :) Happy birthday !
  • agumonkey 5y ago
    I'd bet that if ocaml had been made the official proglang for all of France it would have died a slow death like ADA. French public sector is a swamp.
    • goatinaboat 5y ago
      French public sector is a swamp. They are, or were, capable of serious technical advances, such as Le Minitel being way ahead of its time.