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=2.8 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,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 mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 553FCBBAF for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:22:06 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AswBAHTap0lKfS4cimdsb2JhbACCKIpdhx8/AQEBCgkMBw8FshkwhleIRwEDAQOEEQaEaQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,278,1233529200"; d="scan'208";a="24809722" Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.28]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 27 Feb 2009 21:22:05 +0100 Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 2so901559ywt.3 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:22:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9FESnH/AQ+oMJdTg4rZ6Xfon1PkSaBzyeTiXF5n7+Qw=; b=f5dtK8dAU8JJEpGy1mU/ccP+QElBeKLX5qb0t8HVRuRyugguQlc2tLXSYE/yMWJix+ jev+4fX4zRFa9Gsst6cau0LNlhQxUuKqtxCRlppfACeEAzzoUqoMUc8WbGts0uoCIa2s uYDCN3ukGRas6Uebzk1ZwaMpMKWYIi3rO5rkE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=kgJkd435JsYXYbW5KUOaUNWGYQDMKKp53QXfw2sb5q+akXhY/pm74ynahOdJMHw7yw lByzIbNJtU50pf+2k+gtyR13rza5GJOogg+iRR0XEYQS8O3GWBamBU8MNHnULwHu4wI7 XZWBlSVNWew+N4m6ZsoKOu8UhZYsdJ/NPVPn4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: jasonh@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.212.16 with SMTP id k16mr4596802ybg.193.1235766124823; Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:22:04 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200902271940.59823.jon@ffconsultancy.com> References: <20090227122755.GA22309@annexia.org> <200902271940.59823.jon@ffconsultancy.com> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:22:04 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: c3978b4250f439dc Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Caml-list] The new OCaml book (Objective Caml Programming Language by Tim Rentsch) From: Jason Hickey To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam: no; 0.01; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 undergrad:01 ocaml's:01 beginner's:01 bug:01 2009:98 2009:98 hutchinson:98 frog:98 blog:98 exams:98 frog:98 beginners:01 wrote:01 Richard, Thank you for pointing this out, I was unaware of this book. My book on OCaml (currently circulating as an online pdf) is under contract with Cambridge University Press. I haven't read Mr. Rentsch's book (I just ordered a copy from Amazon). I should point out that I have neither authorized nor endorsed Mr. Rentsch's book, nor have I given permission to use any text that I have written. It would be heartbreaking to me if this work were to be published without my permission -- I started writing in 2000, and the text has been through many classes and much writing. I must assume Tim wrote his text independently. Still, I look forward to seeing a copy. Jason On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Jon Harrop wrote: > On Friday 27 February 2009 14:28:58 Tom Hutchinson wrote: >> I know a people have resorted to just printing out the pdf of the >> draft. Great to finally buy this in a normal form. >> >> Never heard of the publisher though. > > Looks like the publisher was created just to publish this book, as we created > Flying Frog to publish OCaml for Scientists four years ago. > > The publishers were kind enough to send me a complimentary copy so I shall > blog a review on OCaml News in due course. Suffice to say that the content > (264 pages from the main 17 chapters) is excellent from a purely theoretical > standpoint and, I would say, targets undergrad computer scientists preparing > to sit exams about OCaml. The book covers advanced topics in detail and > contains lots of academic exercises. In particular, about a third of the book > is devoted to OCaml's approach to object oriented programming. > > -- > Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. > http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?e > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs >