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 BAA13264; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:25:35 +0100 (MET) 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 BAA13108 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:25:34 +0100 (MET) Received: from smtp01.eresmas.com ([62.81.160.176]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fBB0PXL15716 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:25:34 +0100 (MET) Received: from holmes.localdomain ([62.174.10.213]) by smtp01.eresmas.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GO5L6J00.K6A for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:25:31 +0100 Received: (from jao@localhost) by holmes.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBB0PmG04388; Tue, 11 Dec 2001 01:25:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jaortega@acm.org) X-Authentication-Warning: holmes.localdomain: jao set sender to jaortega@acm.org using -f To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: [Caml-list] newbie questions X-Attribution: jao X-URL: From: "Jose A. Ortega Ruiz" Organization: Using FreeBSD 4.4 Date: 11 Dec 2001 01:25:48 +0100 Message-ID: <86y9kak3g3.fsf@holmes.localdomain> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk 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? - my ultimate goal is using OCaml for real, useful projects: any idea about specially needed/useful applications in OCaml i could help on? - any suggestion/recommendation/roadmap for my journey learning OCaml? as i said before, your comments would be highly appreciated. thanks, -- jao ------------------- 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