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 BAA11932; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 01:44:25 +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 BAA11917 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 01:44:24 +0100 (MET) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from web41602.mail.yahoo.com (web41602.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.102]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id h2G0iFf03474 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 01:44:18 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <20030316004411.26026.qmail@web41602.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.0.151.188] by web41602.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 15 Mar 2003 16:44:11 PST Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 16:44:11 -0800 (PST) From: isaac gouy Subject: Re: [Caml-list] poll - need for a good introductory OCaml book (LONG) To: caml-list@inria.fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam: no; 0.00; gouy:01 igouy:01 caml-list:01 introductory:99 matthias:01 step-by-step:99 ocaml:01 sml:01 procedural:02 match:02 objects:02 o'caml:02 business:96 let:04 structure:06 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > I have been struggling to learn OCaml for > over a month now Let me recommend: The Little MLer. http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/matthias/BTML/ Mostly as an experienced programmer you can think through the examples in your mind, or on paper. If you want to run the SML examples, it includes a recipe for translating them into OCaml (of course, it would be better to have a separate version with thie examples in OCaml, but...) > to really learn O'Caml, you have to learn the core > ideas of functional programming For experienced procedural or oo programmers part of the frustration is that we have been spoiled by the mass of material that is available for procedural and oo programming. There are shelf-loads of books aimed at teaching procedural programmers how to do OO programming step-by-step (how to structure a problem to match OO): deciding what objects should exist, deciding what relationships should exist between them, ... It's much more difficult to find material that aims to teach procedural programmers or OO programmers, how to do functional programming step-by-step. best wishes, Isaac __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners