From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id WAA09568 for caml-red; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 22:20:12 +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 UAA27127 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:46:17 +0100 (MET) Received: from shell5.ba.best.com (shell5.ba.best.com [206.184.139.136]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f0KJkEv10194 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:46:14 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (bpr@localhost) by shell5.ba.best.com (8.9.3/8.9.2/best.sh) with ESMTP id LAA14216; Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:46:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 11:46:08 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Rogoff To: Alex Baretta cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: R: A manual... In-Reply-To: <284FFD0D396DC6D4216@aps1.apsystems.it> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: weis@pauillac.inria.fr On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Alex Baretta wrote: > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Alex Baretta > A: caml-list@inria.fr > Data: domenica 14 gennaio 2001 21.49 > Oggetto: A manual... > > >Hi there! I'm a new Ocaml user and enthusiast. ... > > I guess I am a little over enthusiastic. NO! There can never be too much OCaml enthusiasm. One of the many things a language needs to become widespread is enthusiastic newbies. Crank up the volume dude. > I forgot to mention one > important point: i found the online manual a read several sections. I > found parts that looked more like a reminder for somebody who already > knows the language very well, and others (the short overview at the > beginning of the manual) excessively shallow to help understand the > most powerful features of the language. I would really appreaciate if > anyone could point me to some other online documentation on the > language, with which from a simple Ocaml enthusiast I might become an > Ocaml guru. If you read French, try this site http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/Livres/ora/DA-OCAML/index.html which is the online O'Reilly book. If you have time, and your French is as good as your English, you could join the volunteer effort to translate this. I wish there were more docs available, since a friend of mine who I was trying to bring to the light is going to try SML instead, on account of the wider availability of simple tutorial material. The level of the Caml materials was to high for him, given his background and available time. > BTW, thanks to all who have taken time to answer my first mail. I hope > I'm not bugging you guys. I have now been reading this mailing list > for several days, and I have noticed that the average level is a > little over my understanding (say, another couple of years of > university study above my understanding): it is probably not the right > place for a newbie to post, or is it? It is a well moderated list, so don't worry, if Pierre thinks it isn't right, he'll reject it. Newbie questions are great, it means the Ocaml ranks are swelling. Maybe one day that other common thread about whether business will accept Ocaml will become irrelevant on account of the hordes of knowledgeable Ocaml programmers. Welcome aboard! -- Brian