Introduction to Objective Caml
This book presents a practical introduction and guide to the language, with topics ranging from how to write a program to the concepts and conventions that affect how affect how programs are developed in OCaml. The text can be divided into three main parts such as Core language, The module system , Objects and class. Topics covered includes: Simple Expressions, Variables and Functions, Basic Pattern Matching, Tuples, Lists, and Polymorphism, Unions, Reference cells and side-effects Records, Arrays, and String, Exceptions, Input and Output, Files, Compilation Units, and Programs, The OCaml Module System, Functors , Classes and inheritance, Multiple inheritance, Polymorphic Classes.
Author(s): Jason Hickey
284 Pages
This guide explains the following topics: Structure of OCaml Programs, Modules, Maps, Sets, Hash Tables, Comparison of Standard Containers, Data Types and Matching, Pointers in OCaml, Null Pointers, Asserts, and Warnings, Functional Programming, If Statements, Loops, and Recursion, Labels, Common Error Messages, OCaml Programming Guidelines, Formatting and Wrapping Text, 99 Problems (solved) in OCaml, OCamlbuild, Error handling, Objects, Introduction to Gtk, Garbage Collection, Performance and Profiling, Calling C libraries, Calling Fortran libraries, OCaml and the Web, Standard Library Examples, Setting up OCaml projects with OASIS, Compiling OCaml projects, Command-Line Arguments, File manipulation, Filenames and Extensions, Streams and Stream Expressions.
Author(s): ocaml.org
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