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=2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,DNS_FROM_RFC_POST, SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD44BBAF for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:21:11 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aj8BAFkMZErRVdzWkWdsb2JhbACZHD8BAQEBCQkMBxGlEoEbjiUBAwIEgXWCEwU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,234,1246831200"; d="scan'208";a="43682103" Received: from mail-fx0-f214.google.com ([209.85.220.214]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 20 Jul 2009 15:21:11 +0200 Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so2014289fxm.27 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:21:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=JSw4hY8NEvPHo9EIG22ZsX9qkJfUiKtS6Cz2FaT7+6U=; b=OWknmoiccq9Pbj5R33jbwUSfNukn0A60o0PgjggxI7AvLLt6YlugglbbKPW4HF38vk FiEU/DflTxooyTZGezJiCDMOxwyKBLGyRJ94yN2bjH9Xb/SteJUYugwoIgFNVk++P/kC TylN2DxneoK0ypMEp+TBCpUgtKZn8rpzWh/qE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=m3kPobW2QUffBofVa8R+U7BknPJLaM+vf6K4eIVaTrKXOS3eF+ot42+PrTJa4V2xPn L+t+VAPF23MFNP66O6t7GOEbxSkqPjVAr8CJv5F30vDKacpDM1nYtcshokqr9xVFPQz0 790r9V29V0dtfrIsHD593vNhrQLeSCwc0xftw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.116.212 with SMTP id n20mr4302935bkq.138.1248096070731; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:21:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A64338F.8020200@inria.fr> References: <4A64338F.8020200@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:21:09 +0200 Message-ID: <527cf6bc0907200621l51df143l2dc5db76f9b72363@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] book "Le langage Caml" From: blue storm To: Xavier Leroy Cc: Caml List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam: no; 0.00; weis:01 dunod:01 storm:98 20,:98 2009:98 distrib:01 distrib:01 beginners:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 pierre:02 pierre:02 caml:02 caml:02 objective:02 On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Xavier Leroy wrote= : > A few months ago, there was a discussion on this list about > "Le langage Caml", an early book on Caml (Light) programming written > by Pierre Weis and I. =A0The book was out of print, but the publisher, > Dunod =C9ditions, graciously agreed to relinquish its rights and give > them back to the authors. > > Pierre and I are therefore happy to announce that the full text of the > book (2nd edition) is now available freely: > > =A0 http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/books/llc.pdf > > There was a companion book, "Manuel de r=E9f=E9rence du langage Caml", > which is the French translation of the Caml Light 0.7 reference > manual. =A0For completeness, we also made it available: > > =A0http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/books/manuel-cl.pdf > > Both texts are distributed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA > license. > > Enjoy, > > - Xavier Leroy That's great. This book is still, in my opinion, the best introduction to Caml for programming beginners. When we discussed the matter a few months ago [1], there was an interest in an english translation, or an update to Objective Caml. A translation would be a huge undertaking, but I suspect that updating the book to Objective Caml should not be so difficult, and I would be happy to collaborate to such an effort. Is there a possibility to get the document in an editable format ? [1] archive : http://groups.google.com/group/fa.caml/browse_thread/thread/a= cbd0dfaec8f1e8e/8884d70558fa8ea2?lnk=3Dgst&q=3DLLC+book#8884d70558fa8ea2