Date: From: Jason Hickey <jyh@c...> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] The new OCaml book (Objective Caml Programming Language by Tim Rentsch)

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 <jon@ffconsultancy.com> 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 >