leary@nwlink.com wrote:

>On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 08:21:27AM -0700, Brian Rogoff wrote:
>
>>Perhaps we users should start writing
>>tutorials, rather than asking INRIAns, as I'd rather that they work on 
>>growing the language.
>>
>
>Aye.  Would Michel Mauny be agreeable to having his "Functional
>Programming Using Caml Light" be the starting point for a "Learning OCaml"
>project, say on sourceforge?  Are there any better tutorials on ML that
>might be borrowed from with permission?
>
I found the introduction of Caltechs Compiler Design Laboratory

http://www.cs.caltech.edu/cs134/cs134b/
direct link:
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/cs134/cs134b/book.pdf

for a beginner (what i am) the most valuable one.

I agree, that the mathematical foundations are sooner or later a great 
aid for a deeper insight in what FP is all about.
However, a beginner can easily get scared of to much formalism.

lG,
  Johann

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