From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48352BCD6 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:37:29 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAOOZIEfBAkMt/2dsb2JhbAA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,330,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="3607611" Received: from vega.fmf.uni-lj.si (HELO postar.fmf.uni-lj.si) ([193.2.67.45]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 25 Oct 2007 22:31:49 +0200 Received: from localhost (unknown [192.168.5.1]) by postar.fmf.uni-lj.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6509A1AD2B1; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:31:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at spam.fmf.uni-lj.si Received: from postar.fmf.uni-lj.si ([192.168.5.5]) by localhost (spam.fmf.uni-lj.si [192.168.5.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12PDpro2xrNI; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:31:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (BSN-77-148-136.static.dsl.siol.net [193.77.148.136]) (Authenticated sender: bauer) by postar.fmf.uni-lj.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1281B1AD2B0; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:31:48 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4720FD51.4060005@fmf.uni-lj.si> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:32:17 +0200 From: Andrej Bauer Reply-To: Andrej.Bauer@andrej.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Cc: Loup Vaillant Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Which syntax to teach ? References: <1193225773.3612.27.camel@Blefuscu> <200710250010.56979.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <1193276894.5755.88.camel@rosella.wigram> <20071025094922.GB27217@furbychan.cocan.org> <20071025075912.02421c97@elehack.net> <6f9f8f4a0710250639k62c8f2dbkea96340a8d34eca8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6f9f8f4a0710250639k62c8f2dbkea96340a8d34eca8@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam: no; 0.00; andrej:01 andrej:01 syntax:01 toplevel:01 ocaml:01 toplevel:01 beginners:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 nightmare:04 mere:92 sufficient:08 apparently:08 bauer:09 bauer:09 Loup Vaillant wrote: > Aren't a mere Notepad and toplevel sufficient? (At least for a few > weeks). No, because cut & paste does not work in the windows version of ocaml toplevel. It is a nightmare for beginners. I speak from experience, so apparently we have different experiences. Andrej