On: OCaml is 25

[nicoburns]

The C-ecosystem build tools you refer to are pretty far behind those of pretty much every other langauge. And most developers don't want to wait for their OS to package it to start using the new version of a library (not to mention this style of packaging isn't typically available on windows/macos).

[gnubison → nicoburns]

> The C-ecosystem build tools you refer to are pretty far behind those of pretty much every other langauge.

For developers, maybe. But as a user, I love compiling and installing Autoconf software (compared to the alternatives).

[yawaramin → nicoburns]

In case you don't know, OCaml Platform recommended tooling is on par with or better than that of many other languages. Check out https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27099050