Learn Programming with OCaml
- ID
- 21953
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 06 Sep 2026, 12:45 AM
- Fetched
- 08 Sep 2026, 1:06 AM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://usr.lmf.cnrs.fr/lpo/
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 4.0
- Created
- 08 Sep 2026, 1:09 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
A free, openly licensed (CC BY SA 4.0) English translation of the book "Learn Programming with OCaml" is now available in PDF and EPUB formats. The translation by Urmila Nair was funded by the OCaml Software Foundation.
Why it matters
Developers interested in functional programming can download a complete, free textbook and accompanying code examples to learn OCaml without any cost.
Discussion angle
Whether functional programming concepts from OCaml are worth exploring for developers who primarily ship in mainstream languages like Python or TypeScript.