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Date: | 2009-02-27 (17:42) |
From: | Richard Jones <rich@a...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] The new OCaml book (Objective Caml Programming Language by Tim Rentsch) |
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:37:05AM -0800, Nathaniel Gray wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Richard Jones <rich@annexia.org> wrote: > > I previously mentioned this book on the list and said that I'd been > > promised a review copy from the publisher: > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Objective-Caml-Programming-Language/dp/0981599206 > > > > I received the review copy from Abscissa Press yesterday and I have > > read the first few chapters. This book is in fact the Jason Hickey > > book which has been floating around on the net for a while, updated by > > Tim Rentsch who I think is Jason's colleague or student. > > As someone who *was* Jason's student, I'd suggest that if that book is > clearly derived from Jason's book but Jason's name isn't on the cover > you should definitely be asking questions about that. I would say > more but I don't want to put words in Jason's mouth. I don't think there is any suggestion that it was plagiarised from him. In fact I think the author mentions Jason in the introduction ... Rich. -- Richard Jones Red Hat