From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id LAA19059; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:23:32 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA18783 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:23:31 +0100 (MET) Received: from dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr (dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.44.193]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fBBANVX29836 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:23:31 +0100 (MET) Received: (from luther@localhost) by dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA29959; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:23:56 +0100 Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 11:23:56 +0100 From: Sven To: "Jose A. Ortega Ruiz" Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] newbie questions Message-ID: <20011211112356.B29853@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> References: <86y9kak3g3.fsf@holmes.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <86y9kak3g3.fsf@holmes.localdomain>; from jaortega@acm.org on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 01:25:48AM +0100 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 01:25:48AM +0100, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote: > > hi, > > i'm learning OCaml (coming from a professional C/C++, Java background, > with a little bit of elisp and scheme (read SICP)), and own a copy of > Cousineau & Mauny's book (O'Reilly's Objective Caml is on the way). i > would really appreciate your advice on the following topics: > > - C&M uses Caml (light?): is it worth reading while learning OCaml? do > you know of any comparison of the two languages i should read if > using C&M? Ocaml is based on caml light, there are some syntactic changes, and some additional stuff (like the object system and the modules). If you can make abstraction of this synctactic changes, most of the C&M book should apply as well to ocaml. Since it shows many functional programming tricks, i gues syou could as well use it with other functional languages as sml or even lisp based ones :))) > - my ultimate goal is using OCaml for real, useful projects: any idea > about specially needed/useful applications in OCaml i could help on? There surelly are many things you can help on, myself, i am planning a small work in a landscape building sysytem, a bit like terraform, but in ocaml. I don't really have that many time for it though, write to me if you are interrested. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr