OCaml from the Very Beginning

by John Whitington

Overview

In OCaml from the Very Beginning John Whitington takes a no-prerequisites approach to teaching a modern general-purpose programming language. Each small, self-contained chapter introduces a new topic, building until the reader can write quite substantial programs. There are plenty of questions and, crucially, worked answers and hints.

OCaml from the Very Beginning will appeal both to new programmers, and experienced programmers eager to explore functional languages such as OCaml. It is suitable both for formal use within an undergraduate or graduate curriculum, and for the interested amateur.

Chapters:

Getting Ready

Starting Off

Names and Functions

Case by Case

Making Lists

Sorting Things

Functions upon Functions upon Functions

When Things Go Wrong

Looking Things Up

More with Functions

New Kinds of Data

Growing Trees

In and Out

Putting Things in Boxes

The Other Numbers

The OCaml Standard Library

Building Bigger Programs

Answers to Questions

Hints for Questions

Coping with Errors

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780957671102
Publisher:	Coherent Press
Publication date:	06/07/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

John Whitington founded a software company which uses OCaml extensively. He teaches functional programming to students of Computer Science at the University of Cambridge.