[racket] Offtopic: Favorite resources for mastering SML?

You should have skipped SML for Working Programmers. 

The Little MLer is an introduction to the idea of typed
programming not an introduction to SML. But at least it
avoids the basic mistakes of 'Working'. 

Harper's book is definitive. Once you're thru, you are
done. 

Start over with OCaml then. It's maintained, has a large
user community, and a ton of resources. The switch won't
be difficult. 




On Jul 4, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Grant Rettke wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> One of my current projects is to master as functional and statically
> typed programming language. Having discussed and debated it years ago
> (partially on list here, too) the conclusion was reached that SML
> would be a nicer place to start than Haskell or Clean. Fifteen years
> after its release, there seems to be a lot of knowledge but not a ton
> of resources exactly. There are a lot of dead links and books out of
> print (working off the SML/NJ resource list). I'm wondering of ACM's
> digital library is a good place to start.
> 
> Last week I worked through _ML for the Working Programmers_ which was
> great but didn't get into the details in a way that I would have
> expected (went from 10mph to 100mph instead). Up next is _The Little
> MLer_ and Harpers _Programming in Standard ML_.
> 
> This list's members have a breadth and depth far beyond most, so I'm
> wondering if I could get your help here and learn about your favorite
> learning SML resources.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> -- 
> Grant Rettke | ACM, AMA, COG, IEEE
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