From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9D44BC2F for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:47:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iAPDlFjS015263 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:47:15 +0100 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 OAA02969 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:47:14 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail.dcs.qmul.ac.uk (vicar.dcs.qmul.ac.uk [138.37.95.146]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iAPDlEPh015257 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:47:14 +0100 Received: from xenografia.plus.com ([212.159.85.26] helo=[192.168.7.2]) by mail.dcs.qmul.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1CXJxp-0000oC-6m for caml-list@inria.fr; Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:47:13 +0000 Message-ID: <41A5E3A7.9030308@dcs.qmul.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:52:39 +0000 From: Martin Berger User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (X11/20040519) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Experiences with learning OCaml? References: <200411251229.iAPCT2bZ025434@concorde.inria.fr> In-Reply-To: <200411251229.iAPCT2bZ025434@concorde.inria.fr> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCS-Interface-Port: 465 X-DCS-Auth-User: martinb X-DCS-clamav-result: clean (1CXJxp-0000oC-6m) X-DCS-uvscan-result: clean (1CXJxp-0000oC-6m) X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41A5E263.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41A5E262.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; dcs:01 qmul:01 caml-list:01 ocaml:01 lambda:01 lambda:01 calculus:02 calculus:02 functional:02 functional:02 strong:96 programming:03 programming:03 theory:07 background:91 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: > Firstly, I suggest that you should know some basic theory of > lambda calculus, which definitely help you understand > functional programming better. while i agree that the lambda calculus is beautiful and very helpful in understanding functional programming, for someone with a strong background in programming, i recommend learning a functional language first and then, later, to delve into the world of lambda. martin