OCaml Labs Meeting - Tuesday at 4pm in the Computer Lab

[Amir Chaudhry <amc79@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

Please find the agenda below for tomorrow's OCaml Labs Meeting.  We'll be going 
through the talks for the OCaml 2013 Meeting in Boston next week [1].  

-- Details --
OCaml Labs Meeting
17th September 2013 (TOMORROW)
4pm – 5pm
Room FW26 - Cambridge Computer Laboratory
William Gates Building
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0FD


-- Agenda --
* OCL update (Anil)

* OCaml Platform (Anil)
The OCaml Platform combines the core OCaml compiler with a coherent set of 
tools, documentation, libraries and testing resources. The project is led by 
the OCaml Labs group in Cambridge, working closely with OCaml-Pro in France, 
and the requirements are being guided by the industrial OCaml Consortium 
(primarily Jane Street, Citrix and Lexifi to start with). Creating and 
maintaining the Platform is an ambitious, long-term project so the v0.1 is not 
taking arbitrary decisions about which packages are included. Instead, we are 
first placing the industrial contributors on a common toolchain and workflow so 
that it’s easier to work together and share code. We expect a standard set of 
libraries to emerge from consensus over time as this workflow rises in adoption.
(Full abstract: http://bit.ly/1goBbmA)

* OCamlot (David Sheets)
OCamlot provides a distributed, continuous testing service for OPAM package 
quality and compatibility. Using signals from GitHub, OCamlot ensures that, 
before being merged, patches submitted to the OPAM repository are thoroughly 
tested on the variety of supported configurations, architectures, and systems. 
The resulting improved build and metadata quality in turn speeds up development 
on other aspects of the Platform through earlier error feedback. A high-quality 
package repository is also very important for new user retention.
(Full abstract: http://bit.ly/1goBaiL)

* Ctypes (Jeremy)
The ctypes library provides a typed, high-level interface for describing C 
types, accessing C data, and calling C functions. Using ctypes, you can bind to 
foreign functions without writing or generating C.
(Full abstract: http://bit.ly/1goB62x)

Best wishes,
Amir

[1] Programme for OCaml 2013 - http://ocaml.org/meetings/ocaml/2013/program.html

On 3 Sep 2013, at 14:40, Amir Chaudhry <amc79@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> The rescheduled OCaml Labs meeting will take place on the 17th of September 
> at 4pm in the Lab (Room FW26).
> 
> An agenda will be sent in advance of the meeting, which will cover the topics 
> we are presenting at the OCaml Workshop in Boston.
> 
> Please do let me know if you will be attending.
> 
> -- Details --
> OCaml Labs Meeting
> 17th September 2013
> 4pm – 5pm
> Room FW26 - Cambridge Computer Laboratory
> William Gates Building
> JJ Thomson Avenue
> Cambridge CB3 0FD
> 
> Best wishes,
> Amir