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From: Marek Kubica <marek@xivilization.net>
To: Kenichi Asai <asai@is.ocha.ac.jp>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] teaching OCaml
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:09:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141126230932.5c4bede3@xivilization.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141126113738.GA29791@pllab.is.ocha.ac.jp>

Hi,

On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:37:38 +0900
Kenichi Asai <asai@is.ocha.ac.jp> wrote:

> Not directly addressing the error messages, but this spring, I used
> our type debugger for OCaml in the introductory course.  By answering
> questions, it leads you to the source of the type error, with better
> error messages.  With proper instruction, I found that students
> actually learn how OCaml types work from the interaction with the type
> debugger.  It also introduces a few language levels which are good for
> novices.
> 
> http://pllab.is.ocha.ac.jp/~asai/TypeDebugger/

If you're interested, I think we can add your patch directly into OPAM
repository, so your students won't have to download additional files
and place them in a hidden folder but everything works out of the box.

regards,
Marek

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-11-26 22:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-25 16:03 robert.muller2
2014-11-25 16:33 ` John Whitington
     [not found]   ` <CAKmYinnv1arGZGQ2s0O7K2u=hr=oieiDXzR8YU_habM4+bUdJA@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]     ` <5474C87D.4030307@coherentgraphics.co.uk>
2014-11-25 18:21       ` John Whitington
2014-11-26 14:26         ` Drup
2014-11-26 16:34         ` Xavier Leroy
2014-11-25 19:40 ` Daniel Bünzli
2014-11-26 11:37 ` Kenichi Asai
2014-11-26 18:12   ` Yaron Minsky
2014-11-26 22:09   ` Marek Kubica [this message]
2014-11-26 12:16 ` Jonathan Kimmitt
2014-12-16 19:17   ` Jon Harrop
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-11-25 16:43 Arthur Charguéraud
2014-11-25 17:27 ` Alain Frisch
2014-11-25 17:33   ` Arthur Charguéraud
     [not found] <16574.54515.560699.848619@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
2004-06-03 14:27 ` [Caml-list] Teaching OCaml Brian Hurt
2004-05-17 11:28 Simão Melo de Sousa
2004-05-17 17:27 ` Michael Hamburg
2004-05-17 17:40   ` David Brown
2004-05-18  8:52   ` Richard Jones
2004-06-02 17:41     ` Holger Schulz
2004-05-17 21:12 ` Evan Martin
2004-06-02 12:43 ` Holger Schulz
2004-06-02 13:06   ` Nicolas Cannasse

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