Practical Ocaml - by Joshua B Smith (Hardcover)

About the Book

Objective Caml (OCaml) is an open source programming language that allows readers to utilize both functional and object-oriented programming. A very fast and efficient language, OCaml's speed is on par with the likes of C/C++, and "Practical OCaml" is the only book available that covers OCaml.

Book Synopsis

Objective Caml (OCaml) is an open source programming language that utilizes both functional and object oriented programming. OCaml can be found in a variety of scientific applications and is used as a teaching language in universities. Practical OCaml teaches Objective Caml in a straightforward manner. All the features of this functional programming language are taught by example. You will learn how to utilize the OCaml language to create a simple database, do reporting, and create a spam filter. You will also learn how to do complex log file scanning, create your own network servers by creating a shoutcast server, and create a web crawler. By this book's conclusion, besides knowing when and why OCaml should be used, you will be well on your way to creating your own applications with OCaml.

About the Author

Joshua B. Smith is a consultant specializing in data problems and computing infrastructure. He got into computers while an undergraduate at Denison University in Ohio and spends most of his programming time using Python, OCaml, and Java. Josh lives in Chicago with his wife, Carol, and their two cats.