From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA29141; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:32:12 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA29048 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:32:11 +0100 (MET) Received: from bob.west.spy.net (mail.west.spy.net [66.149.231.226]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hBNKWAv11607 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:32:10 +0100 (MET) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (dustinti.west.spy.net [192.168.1.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by bob.west.spy.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75F325B09; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:25:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200312230935.00259.oleg_trott@columbia.edu> References: <1072152186.59938.30.camel@tylere> <3FE8183F.90205@trusted-logic.fr> <5DA31570-3537-11D8-A8F7-000393CB0F1E@spy.net> <200312230935.00259.oleg_trott@columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <20F0C5BA-3586-11D8-9A95-000393CB0F1E@spy.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Samuel Lacas , Tyler Eaves , caml-list@inria.fr From: Dustin Sallings Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Frustrated Beginner Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:25:20 -0800 To: Oleg Trott X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 oleg:01 pleac:01 generic:01 cookbook:01 pleac:01 cae:99 syntax:02 her:97 wrote:03 fingerprint:04 who's:95 functions:05 generally:05 dec:07 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Dec 23, 2003, at 6:34, Oleg Trott wrote: > (But I don't think "fold" functions are useful for a beginner, > especially one > who's still having problems with the syntax aspect of the language. > TE, look > elsewhere) My understanding is that pleac is a generic cookbook, which means that it should provide recipes that generally work. The first time I needed to fold a file I used an implementation exactly like the one at pleac and it failed. I'm asking on the list, though. -- SPY My girlfriend asked me which one I like better. pub 1024/3CAE01D5 1994/11/03 Dustin Sallings | Key fingerprint = 87 02 57 08 02 D0 DA D6 C8 0F 3E 65 51 98 D8 BE L_______________________ I hope the answer won't upset her. ____________ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners