I am pleased to announce the first preview release of the Diskuv OCaml (“DKML”) distribution. Parts of the diskuv / diskuv-ocaml README.md are reproduced below: Diskuv OCaml is an OCaml distribution focused on a) secure, cross-platform software development and b) ease of use for language learners a…

The 0.4.0 release of Diskuv OCaml for Windows users is available! It is usable enough that I’ve let my school-age kids (elementary through high school) install it and go through some tutorials. [image] GitHub - diskuv/dkml-installer-ocaml: The Windows-friendly distribution of OCaml …

This is amazing work. It’s exactly what I was hoping for. Now we can point to this for anyone who asks about OCaml on Windows.

Good job! Will I be able to install without admin privileges if the MS compiler toolchain is already installed?

Thanks! Please send them over @yawaramin [image] tjammer: Will I be able to install without admin privileges if the MS compiler toolchain is already installed? No, but … I was trying to be very conservative because Visual Studio comes with hundreds of optional workload and component IDs and …

A requirements query sounds neat! In any case, it’s not a dealbreaker. I was just thinking about my work setup which is managed by my org. There, I have several MSVC toolchains installed already, but getting admin rights is always a bit hairy

This is fantastic! [image] jbeckford: But I just stumbled on microsoft/vswhere A small plug for msvs-detect which is actually used in opam for the same purpose - it locates all valid Visual Studio installations (checking for the required tools as well)

The 0.2.x release is not yet available but I wanted to give an early heads-up on upcoming breaking changes. 0.2.x Upcoming Breaking Changes 1) (Major) Changed Opam root from $env:USERPROFILE/.opam to $env:LOCALAPPDATA/opam Why? The new Opam root will be the standard in a future release of Opam. Tha…

What is the win over using esy here? Esy has solved a lot of these issues on Windows and works very well in my experience. Not trying to downplay the huge effort here, I’m genuinely curious about the tradeoffs of choosing one tool over the other.

@ulrikstrid (Simplification alert) Esy gives access to the Javascript ecosystem. Diskuv OCaml (DKML) gives access to the C ecosystem. C and Javascript are complementary, so in my categories of thought DKML and Esy are complementary as well. I think the support for Windows is incidental in both DKML…

Quick question, as Diskuv OCaml is distributed under the Fair Source License , if a teacher were to tell a bunch of students to use it for coursework, would that fall under ‘personal use’ for each of them? Or would they be considered part of an ‘organization’?

[ANN] Windows-friendly OCaml 4.12 distribution - Diskuv OCaml 0.1.0

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jbeckford August 26, 2021, 10:54am 7

Oh that looks much simpler, and it is a nice opportunity to harmonize. Thanks! I can send a PR if it needs any tweaking to work with MSYS2.

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[ANN] Windows-friendly OCaml 4.12 distribution - Diskuv OCaml 0.1.0

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