> Coming back to the Hickey/Rentsch book(s), I feel deeply sad about > the mess that is unfolding on this list. I proofread a draft of Jason > Hickey's book, at his request, and found it very good and just what > the OCaml community is still missing: a well-written, English-language > book on Caml appropriate both as a reference and as teaching material. > (I'm not criticizing the other books in english on OCaml -- thanks God > they exist! -- just noting that they don't quite fit this exact purpose.) > What we now have is lawsuit material... I sincerely hope some kind of > agreement can still be found at this point.
I'm glad this sentiment found public expression. I have also a longer response but after some reflection decided it would be better to send that as an individual email than in a public message. _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs