Re: [Caml-list] Re: new user - old questions

[Gabriel Scherer <gabriel.scherer@gmail.com>]

That was me being unusually grumpy, sorry.

Pick any of the first two books mentioned on ocaml.org (Introduction
to OCaml, Developping Applications with OCaml); the one that inspires
you best.

My first hand experience with the latter is that it's good, but
sometimes requires a bit thinking / independent work to digest, and my
second hand experience with the former is that it's also good. You
only read a beginner book from top to bottom once.

If you have suggestions for content that could be added or changed on
ocaml.org, for example to answer your question better, they are warmly
welcome. One can even directly send patches to
https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml.org .

On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Gour <gour@atmarama.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:01:54 +0100
> Gabriel Scherer <gabriel.scherer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Caml mailing-list is not a social network to make friends and (+1)
>> other comments to confirm your agreement.
>
> I must say I do not understand your comment.
>
> I
>> When I first read your question, I decided to answer it by pointing
>> you to an answer to a similar question on StackOverflow:
>>   http://stackoverflow.com/a/9358776/298143
>
> That would be better option than you comment above, imho.
>
>> I noticed that the ocaml.org page you were pointed to had much of the
>> same content (minus the subjective comments), and was therefore an
>> excellent reference. What need would there be to answer you if you are
>> already given a good list placed on an authoritative *and*
>> community-handled website?
>
> I clearly wrote: "I saw references at the site, but looking for some
> "1st hand experience(s)" which implies I'm aware of ocaml.org, but
> looking for some opinion which book is best suited for someone starting
> with the language, iow. looking for "subjective comments".
>
> If such questions and answers do not belong here, then I must say it's
> a bit strange (never had such experience on other-language's lists).
>
>> On the contrary, if people have something to add, they would do more
>> good submitting a patch to improve the website rather than answering
>> your question here and now, that will end up lost in the mailing-list
>> archives.
>
> Maybe, it's time for a new entry in http://ocaml.org/faq.html ?
>
>> I'll be happy to answer your technical questions when you have some.
>> But please, a mailing list is not there to organize popularity
>> contests.
>
> Thank you for your kindness, but maybe I'll have none.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Gour
>