tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12983281.post-1163186183933427522006-11-10T10:53:00.000-08:002006-11-10T11:16:23.973-08:00If you go <a href="http://i-need-closures.blogspot.com/2005/05/what-brought-me-to-lisp.html">back</a> to my first posting, you'll see that before Common Lisp the language I used for home programming was OCaml. I still prefer Lisp's uniform syntax and macros, but Ocaml has a soft spot in my heart.<br /><br />That's why I was looking forward to Apress' "Practical OCaml", which was going to be OCaml's answer to "Pratical Common Lisp", even doing some of the same projects - good for comparison. <br /><br />Well, reviews are coming in, and the short version is, except for the prose and the code, the book's just fine. For the sarcasm impaired, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Practical-OCaml-Joshua-B-Smith/dp/159059620X">the amazon reviews</a> are all one star, and even the book's technical reviewer <a href="http://blog.merjis.com/2006/11/08/practical-ocaml/">is not thrilled with it</a>.<br /><br />Some reviewers are even concerned that this will discourage others from writing a good OCaml book or learning OCaml. Thank you, Peter, for doing such a good job on "Pracital Common Lisp".<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12983281-116318618393342752?l=i-need-closures.blogspot.com'/></div>Richard Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11838741004941594394noreply@blogger.com9