The second reference you mentioned (Ocaml for
Experienced Programmers by Brian Hurt) is an excellent
and very detailed introduction to functional
programming in OCaml for C/C++/Java etc. programmers.
It explaines a lot on the subject of optimization
which I have not found elsewhere:
It makes clear how OCaml uses the built-in singly
linked lists, the role of data sharing in these and
what should be avoided for fast performance.

I think that this book contains more "secrets to be
used in production" than any other tutorial I know.

Another tutorial you might have a look at is the one
by Rich Jones of Merjis Co. at:

http://www.ocaml-tutorial.org/

It contains a chapter on performance and profiling at:

http://www.ocaml-tutorial.org/performance_and_profiling


Martin



--- Tato Thetza <thetza@sent.com> schrieb:

> sorry I meant 
> Ocaml for Experienced Programmers: 
>
http://www.bogonomicon.com/bblog/book/html/book1.html
> 
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:21:43 -0700, "Tato Thetza"
> <thetza@sent.com>
> said:
> > I've been reading over
> >
>
http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-ocaml/index.html
> and have learned
> > two things:
> > -lists are immutable and singly linked, which
> explains why 1::[2;3] is
> > valid while [2,3]::1 is not, and why its
> efficient.
> > -the proper way to ensure tail-recursive
> optimization
> > 
> > question: are these and other optimizations
> documented somewhere
> > officially? I find it a little uncomfortable I've
> been learning OCaml
> > without knowning such internal details. Any
> secrets I should definitely
> > know if I were to use this language in production?
> > 
> > thanks, 
> > Tato Thetza
> 
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