Overview

Objective Caml (OCaml) is an open source programming language that allows you to utilize both functional and object-oriented programming. Sporting features such as a robust object system, type safety, and an expansive standard library, OCaml is a language that encourages pragmatic solutions instead of dogmatic ones. Boasting performance on par with the likes of C/C++, and having compilers available for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X, enterprise developers should consider adding this powerful language to their repertoire. Written for experienced programmers, Practical OCaml teaches OCaml in a code-intensive fashion. Readers are encouraged to follow along with most examples using the OCaml top-level (the interactive interpreter), giving them the opportunity to consider the purpose and syntax of each line. The author's considerable knowledge of the Java, Python, and C++ languages allows him to present the material at a level and perspective that readers hailing from varied programming backgrounds will appreciate. Language aficionados will be sure to enjoy the occasional digression into tangential topics such as OCaml's impurities from the functional programming perspective, with thoughts about how to overcome them using mutability, references, and classes. In later chapters, you'll put what you've learned to work, building applications capable of performing complex log-file processing, crawling the Web, filtering spam, and even broadcasting audio over a network using the Shoutcast protocol.

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Author:   Joshua B. Smith
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   APress
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.913kg
ISBN:  

9781430211945

ISBN 10:   1430211946
Pages:   462
Publication Date:   08 December 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Why Objective Caml (OCaml)?.- Interacting with OCaml: The Toplevel.- Syntax and Semantics.- Understanding Functions.- Practical: Creating a Simple Database.- Primitive and Composite Types.- Practical: Simple Database Reports, Exports, and Imports.- Collections.- Files and File I/O.- Exception Handling.- Practical: A URI Library.- Using Ocamldoc.- Modules and Functors.- Practical: A Spam Filter.- Practical: A Network-Aware Scoring Function.- Ocamllex and Ocamlyacc.- Practical: Complex Log File Parsing.- The Objective Part of Caml.- Digression: OCaml Is Not Pure.- Digression: Functional Programming.- Practical: Web Programming.- Practical: A Shoutcast Server.- Using Threads.- Practical: A Concurrent Web Crawler.- Interfacing with OCaml.- Practical: Time and Logging Libraries.- Processing Binary Files.- OCaml Development Tools.- Camlp4.- Conclusion.

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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.

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