From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A2D47EE94 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:17:16 +0100 (CET) Received-SPF: None (mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of gabriel.scherer@gmail.com) identity=pra; client-ip=209.85.214.45; receiver=mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="gabriel.scherer@gmail.com"; x-sender="gabriel.scherer@gmail.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: Pass (mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: domain of gabriel.scherer@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.45 as permitted sender) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=209.85.214.45; receiver=mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="gabriel.scherer@gmail.com"; x-sender="gabriel.scherer@gmail.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible; x-record-type="v=spf1" Received-SPF: None (mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of postmaster@mail-bk0-f45.google.com) identity=helo; client-ip=209.85.214.45; receiver=mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="gabriel.scherer@gmail.com"; x-sender="postmaster@mail-bk0-f45.google.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlwBAHR82VDRVdYtjWdsb2JhbABEg225dQgWDgEBAQEJCQsJEgYjgh4BAQVAARsSBQYBAwwGBQsNLiEBAREBBQEcBhMIDIdsAQMPBwWXJ4wzgXGBCoQiChknDVmIdgEFDIthaoRDA5Q2gVaBHIobA4MuFimEFg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,352,1355094000"; d="scan'208";a="187538996" Received: from mail-bk0-f45.google.com ([209.85.214.45]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-SHA; 25 Dec 2012 11:17:15 +0100 Received: by mail-bk0-f45.google.com with SMTP id jk13so3562879bkc.18 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:17:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=MRZ6VpAfSH13hjgiwwQR8bHRS2TjQd1PeuhzEIK7Fi8=; b=n/MEs6GlEaTFvL3Si0MteD2JT2SEcTEQMnZC1fjojWU0g1/qGwdOPOKizcmJcRYO6u xlLBwBI+8FQVexoNFGtwFFhy99x9wh/oUFbGtyHM8hbiOIxwCKsEaLhQNJFTBqBkSBjx A7fhXsrWzT2ZcTUax77+FTL/sKBvWh8SZkhXDpK0oS/qDA1qwuTKQhMfVJmgWJxpOeWy xQD3hJMCO7mZmB4if6BIFoVlQGvzPY35qHFiFqUou/EGe6YfxqQBxdzchhXf27Bkq3DV LaGkrUOnmc+2u3rmjBcU7dAHtKSexIORqtcEaov4+yPYUGEYQo/G9l+5bd6izFE1NUnl hfHQ== Received: by 10.204.15.203 with SMTP id l11mr11507791bka.74.1356430635224; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:17:15 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.236.134 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Dec 2012 02:16:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121225105712.213b2ceb.gour@atmarama.net> References: <2128CD06-9356-48E9-9284-DCB865E24690@khandkar.net> <50D90562.90501@riken.jp> <20121225105712.213b2ceb.gour@atmarama.net> From: Gabriel Scherer Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:16:35 +0100 Message-ID: To: Gour Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: new user - old questions 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 wrote: > On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:01:54 +0100 > Gabriel Scherer 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 >