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=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D840BC0A for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 07:56:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de (einhorn.in-berlin.de [192.109.42.8]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l086uQRe030802 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 07:56:27 +0100 X-Envelope-From: oliver@first.in-berlin.de X-Envelope-To: Received: from first (dslb-088-073-125-144.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.73.125.144]) (authenticated bits=0) by einhorn.in-berlin.de (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id l086uQRn022419 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 07:56:26 +0100 Received: by first (Postfix, from userid 501) id 27AF9357859; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 07:56:21 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 07:56:21 +0100 From: Oliver Bandel To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Before teaching OCaml Message-ID: <20070108065621.GB336@first.in-berlin.de> References: <1168193722.6133.38.camel@Blefuscu> <20070108.081744.2004152960.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070108.081744.2004152960.garrigue@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang_at_IN-Berlin_e.V. on 192.109.42.8 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 45A1EB1A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; bandel:01 in-berlin:01 ocaml:01 univ-orleans:01 ocaml:01 lablgtk:01 low-level:01 labltk:01 graphviz:01 gnuplot:01 beginners:01 wrote:01 imho:01 oliver:01 oliver:01 On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:17:44AM +0900, Jacques GARRIGUE wrote: > From: David Teller > > I'm going to start teaching OCaml soon and I'm fishing for ideas and > > suggestions. I hope this list is the right place to ask. > [..] > > I'm planning to base my lecture roughly on part 1 of _Developing > > applications with Objective Caml_, perhaps replacing the chapter devoted > > to Graphics with the use of LablGTK. Then again, perhaps not. Some > > low-level graphics might be interesting for them. I also intend to give > > them a term-long project to work on and develop. > For the graphics, I would rather suggest lablTk. It is much easier to > use for beginners. And you can even work interactively using the > Tk.update command. [...] Or writing converter code, that produces postscript-output. Somethinglike a graphics language as project. Similarmaybe to graphviz or troff's graph-preprocessor or maybe a thing like gnuplot. Providing different output formats are IMHO nice field for learning. And you have the interpreter-task and also something that can be viewed. Ciao, Oliver