There's a new OCaml book out: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024743.do
Real World OCaml Functional programming for the masses By Jason Hickey, Anil Madhavapeddy, Yaron Minsky Publisher: O'Reilly Media Released: June 2013 Pages: 450 Geoff On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:57, Matthias Felleisen <matth...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > > You should have skipped SML for Working Programmers. > > The Little MLer is an introduction to the idea of typed > programming not an introduction to SML. But at least it > avoids the basic mistakes of 'Working'. > > Harper's book is definitive. Once you're thru, you are > done. > > Start over with OCaml then. It's maintained, has a large > user community, and a ton of resources. The switch won't > be difficult. > > > > > On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Grant Rettke wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> One of my current projects is to master as functional and statically >> typed programming language. Having discussed and debated it years ago >> (partially on list here, too) the conclusion was reached that SML >> would be a nicer place to start than Haskell or Clean. Fifteen years >> after its release, there seems to be a lot of knowledge but not a ton >> of resources exactly. There are a lot of dead links and books out of >> print (working off the SML/NJ resource list). I'm wondering of ACM's >> digital library is a good place to start. >> >> Last week I worked through _ML for the Working Programmers_ which was >> great but didn't get into the details in a way that I would have >> expected (went from 10mph to 100mph instead). Up next is _The Little >> MLer_ and Harpers _Programming in Standard ML_. >> >> This list's members have a breadth and depth far beyond most, so I'm >> wondering if I could get your help here and learn about your favorite >> learning SML resources. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> -- >> Grant Rettke | ACM, AMA, COG, IEEE >> gret...@acm.org | http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ >> “Wisdom begins in wonder.” --Socrates >> ((λ (x) (x x)) (λ (x) (x x))) >> “Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop >> taking it seriously.” --Thompson >> >> ____________________ >> Racket Users list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
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