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=1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,DNS_FROM_RFC_POST, HTML_MESSAGE,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 mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E29CBBAF for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:45:41 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArEBALfDp0nRVcbrk2dsb2JhbACCKzGRSD8BAQEBCQkKCREDsTSBA49IAQMBA4QRBg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,277,1233529200"; d="scan'208";a="35871256" Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.235]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 27 Feb 2009 19:45:40 +0100 Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id k40so9190101rvb.57 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:45:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=eWtso2rvYqkffE4eHTDUhpErHU+e7kfjl9qbSJriCi4=; b=REMQWhfehp18nvarK2n6Q6XqIU32rW2WuI9ugv1ckLIa86+HGSxAlSaoNxLDiljB8j 2AvimZ8IAPmoVxB1DdiHoWItZB9iyVUtW/5EnuC6/26G+Uf6l+tUTJruEmfbJCruV5Ab b7E6QMQK0JopD3cYVgshFOWLy38FZ8UexLkmQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=QN5Q4uOkMs97NFfAiJY32XY7QNhlVQGWlLD2/D3gQAznsyyi6fgZfxpE7ImUYuyJN6 h2QZS78QVdmlJwHU6DydFyTQAojAovI1RbAqQs/+6kaG71FqcqQ/TgWZsJGOEMWHviSX KUrGUln4k76YWNb7VrwQ0Ip/7b4ThWuyeu1Hk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.115.89.1 with SMTP id r1mr1283090wal.84.1235760338797; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:45:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20090227122755.GA22309@annexia.org> <20090227174204.GH9415@annexia.org> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:45:38 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Caml-list] The new OCaml book (Objective Caml Programming Language by Tim Rentsch) From: Nathaniel Gray To: Caml Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016363b91e80584f60463eae09c X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 cheers:01 cheers:01 2009:98 2009:98 nathan:98 nathan:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 chapters:02 chapters:02 caml:02 objective:02 suggestion:03 X-Attachments: cset="UTF-8" cset="UTF-8" --0016363b91e80584f60463eae09c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry, this was meant to go to the list as well: On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Nathaniel Gray wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Richard Jones wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:37:05AM -0800, Nathaniel Gray wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Richard Jones wrote: >>> > I previously mentioned this book on the list and said that I'd been >>> > promised a review copy from the publisher: >>> > >>> > http://www.amazon.com/Objective-Caml-Programming-Language/dp/0981599206 >>> > >>> > I received the review copy from Abscissa Press yesterday and I have >>> > read the first few chapters. This book is in fact the Jason Hickey >>> > book which has been floating around on the net for a while, updated by >>> > Tim Rentsch who I think is Jason's colleague or student. >>> >>> As someone who *was* Jason's student, I'd suggest that if that book is >>> clearly derived from Jason's book but Jason's name isn't on the cover >>> you should definitely be asking questions about that. I would say >>> more but I don't want to put words in Jason's mouth. >> >> I don't think there is any suggestion that it was plagiarised from >> him. In fact I think the author mentions Jason in the introduction ... > > The list time I spoke to Jason he had a deal with a major publisher > for his book. I think it's safe to say that there is no chance that > Jason would allow somebody to publish his book or a derived work > without his name on the cover. > > Cheers, > -n8 > > -- > Nathan Gray > http://www.n8gray.org/ > --0016363b91e80584f60463eae09c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry, this was meant to go to the list as well:

On Fri, Feb 27, 200= 9 at 10:43 AM, Nathaniel Gray <n8gra= y@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Richard= Jones <rich@annexia.org> wro= te:
>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:37:05AM -0800, Nathaniel Gray wrote:>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Richard Jones <rich@annexia.org> wrote:
>>> &= gt; I previously mentioned this book on the list and said that I'd been=
>>> > promised a review copy from the publisher:
>>>= ; >
>>> > http://www.amazon.com/Objective-Caml-P= rogramming-Language/dp/0981599206
>>> >
>>> > I received the review copy from Absc= issa Press yesterday and I have
>>> > read the first few cha= pters. =C2=A0This book is in fact the Jason Hickey
>>> > boo= k which has been floating around on the net for a while, updated by
>>> > Tim Rentsch who I think is Jason's colleague or stude= nt.
>>>
>>> As someone who *was* Jason's studen= t, I'd suggest that if that book is
>>> clearly derived fro= m Jason's book but Jason's name isn't on the cover
>>> you should definitely be asking questions about that. =C2=A0I = would say
>>> more but I don't want to put words in Jason&#= 39;s mouth.
>>
>> I don't think there is any suggesti= on that it was plagiarised from
>> him. =C2=A0In fact I think the author mentions Jason in the introd= uction ...
>
> The list time I spoke to Jason he had a deal wit= h a major publisher
> for his book. =C2=A0I think it's safe to sa= y that there is no chance that
> Jason would allow somebody to publish his book or a derived work
&g= t; without his name on the cover.
>
> Cheers,
> -n8
&g= t;
> --
> Nathan Gray
> http://www.n8gray.org/
>
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