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 mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3ADF47EE94 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:08:09 +0100 (CET) Received-SPF: None (mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of gour@atmarama.net) identity=pra; client-ip=80.91.229.3; receiver=mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="gclci-caml-list@m.gmane.org"; x-sender="gour@atmarama.net"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: Pass (mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: domain of gclci-caml-list@m.gmane.org designates 80.91.229.3 as permitted sender) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=80.91.229.3; receiver=mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="gclci-caml-list@m.gmane.org"; x-sender="gclci-caml-list@m.gmane.org"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible; x-record-type="v=spf1" Received-SPF: Pass (mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr: domain of postmaster@plane.gmane.org designates 80.91.229.3 as permitted sender) identity=helo; client-ip=80.91.229.3; receiver=mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="gclci-caml-list@m.gmane.org"; x-sender="postmaster@plane.gmane.org"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible; x-record-type="v=spf1" X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AnsDAIa02FBQW+UDgWdsb2JhbABEFoYkhVSxYBYOAQEWJieCHgEBBAEjMhcHAwgLCxoCJgICECwbGYgNCgijMJIhgSKLNYEaghaBEwOOGJsx X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,349,1355094000"; d="scan'208";a="166736567" Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-SHA; 24 Dec 2012 21:08:08 +0100 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TnEJv-0006oC-BP for caml-list@inria.fr; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:08:19 +0100 Received: from 93-139-180-162.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([93.139.180.162]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:08:19 +0100 Received: from gour by 93-139-180-162.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:08:19 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: caml-list@inria.fr From: Gour Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:07:53 +0100 Message-ID: References: <2128CD06-9356-48E9-9284-DCB865E24690@khandkar.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 93-139-180-162.adsl.net.t-com.hr X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Face: 3Cy8q3pLN"sFiKpp%e^3=GTSm2xV5z:O1:| :WC~ei/w@ wrote: > +1 for OCaml.org! It is an excellent organization of available OCaml > resources that I wish existed when I started checking-out OCaml. :-) > That is for "how to do it" aspect of things, but another, IMHO most > enlightening, aspect is "how to think" in OCaml (or ML in general), > and for that I highly recommend reading Jane Street's blog, with the > most important entry point (IMHO, of course) being the Effective ML > talk: https://ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=3Dnode/82 Thanks. > I just switched to ocamlbuild, and can now fully appreciate what it > has to offer! I plan to go to OASIS eventually, but haven't quite > developed an understanding of what it would gain me (plus I noticed > some behaviors that rub me the wrong way). Seems like distributing > libraries is it, but I'm not quite there yet, so time will tell. I must say I'm happy seeing OASIS 'cause I really liked most of the ideas behind Haskell's Cabal when playing with it. > As for editors, I'm a happy Vim user, with OMlet plugin: > http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/~dbaelde/productions/omlet.html Have you tried Emacs' support for OCaml or vim is good-enough for you? > * Get inspired by Effective ML > * Get a feel for the language from Jason Hickey's book > * Use OPAM > * Write Makefiles with manual steps (see the official manual) > * Hack, hack, hack! > * Watch, and this time understand, Effective ML again > * Switch to ocamlbuild > * Go forth and conquer! :) Thanks a lot!! Sincerely, Gour --=20 The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal=20 vision a learned and gentle br=C4=81hmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog=20 and a dog-eater. http://www.atmarama.net | Hlapicina (Croatia) | GPG: 52B5C810