OCaml book

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+author: admin
+categories:
+- Technical
+date: 2025-02-13
+tags:
+- ocaml
+- books
+title: 'OCaml Manual'
+---
+Recently I've been teaching myself new programming languages with books. I got one for D, Elixir, Erlang, and Go. 
+
+OCaml was also on my list of languages to learn, but there is no good OCaml book available. I started reading an online course textbook (for Cornell's [CS 3110](https://cs3110.github.io/textbook/cover.html)), only to find it painfully slow, beginner-level, and aimed at course tools besides. Eventually, I found the official OCaml manual to be the best source of information.
+
+Unforunately, there is no published version of the manual. It is [available online](https://ocaml.org/manual/5.3/index.html) as HTML, PDF, or even a text file, but that's all. So, I went to [Lulu](https://www.lulu.com/) and published my own copy of their PDF.
+
+![alt: front cover of volume 1](ocaml-front.jpg)
+![alt: spine view of both volumes](ocaml-side.jpg)
+![alt: interior view of the table of contents in one book, and a random page in the other](ocaml-open.jpg)
+
+The PDF is so long I split it into two volumes. I'm pleased by how the manual turned out, though I haven't actually used it much for reference -- I've already spent two weeks programming OCaml before it arrived (Lulu is not fast).
+
+![caption: I've been working on a text editor](text-editor.png)
+
+I've been working on a terminal text editor in OCaml for two weeks. I'll post about that in more detail if and when I finish it.