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=1.4 required=5.0 tests=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 discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6239BC0B for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:28:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0GHSUYZ013191 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:28:30 +0100 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id k3so1052333ugf for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:28:30 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ehpeOOHBdKpXwU4IYkZg61VMsEo6XMgFNgGLfprWrAMvgRt8RsMrcPDcl4JgIAZgd3XRc3f/Ntr+i6NoYe8LVqNmTmKfooYrSdGciXn5EBEdWWdFRvbNHsrOT0kqUFu6V1ntxRXp/cVRcsZGPCNu1uTbFV4CQvo1CbDLQnZGmqg= Received: by 10.78.122.11 with SMTP id u11mr3476986huc.1168968508970; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:28:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.11.1 with HTTP; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:28:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:28:28 +0100 From: "Kai Kuehne" To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Books In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070115205759.0c854117@localhost> X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 45AD0B3E.000 on discorde : j-chkmail score : X : 0/20 1 0.000 -> 1 X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 45AD0B3E.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 useless:05 useless:05 long:06 probably:07 practical:08 practical:08 undocumented:08 i'm:09 printed:12 agree:12 but:14 Hi, On 1/16/07, mfmorss@aep.com wrote: > Practical Ocaml really is a terrible book, full of useless blather and > long, undocumented and unexeplained pieces of code. I would not say that > it is completely useless, but it is so annoyingly bad that I would not > recommend it to anyone. I'm reading Practical Ocaml at the moment and agree with you. I just didn't find any other (printed and buyable) english book out there. I wouldn't recommend it too. Greetings Kai who will probably read the ora-book-pdf to learn ocaml