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On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 10:59:12PM -0800, Tim Rentsch wrote:
If Jason's current manuscript
...@ffconsultancy.com
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] The new OCaml book (Objective Caml Programming
Language by Tim Rentsch)
To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 8:29 PM
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On Monday 02 March 2009 18:37:41 Xavier Leroy wrote:
Overall, I can't help
To the OCaml community,
I apologize for my silence. I have very strong feelings for this
community. I have benefited quite profoundly from Caml (starting when
I first wrote Metaprl in caml-light), and I wish to continue my role
as an advocate, supporter, and instructor. Before I can say
Alexy -- thank you for the reply, I appreciate hearing your thoughts
on the situation. Before you completely make up your mind I would
like to offer some other perspectives to consider.
It's a given that Jason had more OCaml background and experience
than I did, especially at the beginning of
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-list readers,
I've now had an opportunity to catch up on the caml-list emails
over the last month or so, and review those relating to my book
The Objective Caml Programming Language. I see there's been a
lot a speculation about what happened. To help clear things up,
I've written a more
Tim -- thanks for clarification. I've bought the book at once when I
saw it announced here, but now have second thoughts.
From what you describe, it's clear to me that Jason is the originator
of the book and you did the auxiliary tasks. Noe amount of calling up
publishers can substitute
Overall, I can't help seeing that any author who isn't known on this
list ends up with a questionable book -- first Smith and now Rentsch.
Perhaps the elders should form a book vetting committee?
Well, the power to decide is in the hands of publishers (initially)
and customers (later). But I
On Monday 02 March 2009 18:37:41 Xavier Leroy wrote:
Overall, I can't help seeing that any author who isn't known on this
list ends up with a questionable book -- first Smith and now Rentsch.
Perhaps the elders should form a book vetting committee?
Well, the power to decide is in the hands
On Friday 27 February 2009 21:34:35 Jon Harrop wrote:
Oh dear. Then I am very sorry to tell you that Tim Rentsch's book is
virtually identical to your own, having been tweaked just enough to evade
copyright.
Actually the later chapters (about a third of the main text) are entirely
different.
] The new OCaml book (Objective Caml Programming
Language by Tim Rentsch)
From: Jason Hickey j...@cs.caltech.edu
To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Richard,
Thank you for pointing this out, I was unaware of this book. My book
on OCaml (currently circulating as an online pdf) is under
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Richard Jones r...@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
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:37:05AM -0800, Nathaniel Gray wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Richard Jones r...@annexia.org wrote:
I previously mentioned this book on the list and said that I'd been
promised a review copy from the publisher:
Sorry, this was meant to go to the list as well:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Nathaniel Gray n8g...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Richard Jones r...@annexia.org wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 09:37:05AM -0800, Nathaniel Gray wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:27 AM,
The Jan. 11, 2008 pdf copy of his book says:
This book has been submitted for publication by Cambridge University Press.
This draft may be used until the time the book appears in print
I don't know what the current status of that publication is, however.
2009/2/27 Nathaniel Gray
On Friday 27 February 2009 18:52:25 William Neumann wrote:
The Jan. 11, 2008 pdf copy of his book says:
This book has been submitted for publication by Cambridge University
Press. This draft may be used until the time the book appears in print
I don't know what the current status of that
On Friday 27 February 2009 20:22:04 Jason Hickey wrote:
Thank you for pointing this out, I was unaware of this book. My book
on OCaml (currently circulating as an online pdf) is under contract
with Cambridge University Press.
When will CUP publish it?
I haven't read Mr. Rentsch's book (I
Hi,
Oh dear. Then I am very sorry to tell you that Tim Rentsch's book is
virtually identical to your own, having been tweaked just enough to
evade copyright.
Should this be confirmed (namely by Jason Hickey himself), the comments
section at Amazon and other online stores may prove useful in
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:52:25PM -0600, William Neumann wrote:
The Jan. 11, 2008 pdf copy of his book says:
This book has been submitted for publication by Cambridge University Press.
This draft may be used until the time the book appears in print
I don't know what the current status of
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:22:04PM -0800, Jason Hickey wrote:
Thank you for pointing this out, I was unaware of this book. My book
on OCaml (currently circulating as an online pdf) is under contract
with Cambridge University Press.
I haven't read Mr. Rentsch's book (I just ordered a copy
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