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=1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,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 mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71AA4BBC4 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 18:45:16 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjQCACY300mAktiFmWdsb2JhbACWFAEBAQEBCAsKBxGqdYcZiE2DewY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.39,307,1235948400"; d="scan'208";a="25440487" Received: from defang19.it.ohio-state.edu ([128.146.216.133]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 01 Apr 2009 18:45:15 +0200 Received: from defang6.it.ohio-state.edu (defang6.it.ohio-state.edu [128.146.216.86]) by defang19.it.ohio-state.edu (8.13.7/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n31GjDv2013807 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:45:14 -0400 Received: from dhcp-128-146-179-108.osuwireless.ohio-state.edu (dhcp-128-146-179-108.osuwireless.ohio-state.edu [128.146.179.108]) by defang6.it.ohio-state.edu (8.13.7/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n31GjDdJ001245 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:45:13 -0400 Message-Id: <68512E58-531D-46DA-B1DF-A16829F29939@osu.edu> From: Kuba Ober To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr In-Reply-To: <49D36543.3040200@lab.vectoris.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] questions Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:45:13 -0400 References: <364f41440903241242v6dd2244fkbbd1ea8e3b20af60@mail.gmail.com> <"a a6b5cbe0903271514m5ac05c6ge705478c2cd974a7"@mail.gmail.com> <3091E0E6-226B-4F4A-A78C-E523C250B8D5@osu.edu> <49D2455A.1070802@inria.fr> <49D3305C.3020802@orange-ftgroup.com> <49D36543.3040200@lab.vectoris.fr> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-CanItPRO-Stream: outbound X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.146.216.133 X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 cheers:01 lesson:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 generally:04 perhaps:05 problem:05 problem:05 gilles:05 manual:06 apr:06 osu:07 On Apr 1, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) wrote: > FALCON Gilles RD-RESA-LAN wrote: >> I totally agree that it would be pleasant to have more >> documentation on Ocaml, especially if you don't have ocaml lesson. > > Yes and No. > The problem can be felt in PHP, where you see "anyone" witing > "anything". > So, yes, there should be more documents on Ocaml, but the problem > is: Only > inexperienced users have time to write down some "learning notes". > The real Gurus are all overbooked... > > It's also my wish to see some documentation, but on the other hand, > I dont > want it to fall into PHP fashion. Great dilemma... I generally agree, although the guru term is perhaps overused. I figure people do what they find enjoyable -- if someone who's very good at OCaml simply doesn't enjoy explaining it in the form of a manual or whatnot, there's no helping that, and it's surely understandable! Cheers, Kuba