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Inspecting the Environment of a Running Process

Sometimes its useful to be able see the values of environment variables inrunning processes. We can use the following test program to see how well we canacco...

01 Dec 2014

Jane Street Tech Blog

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How to choose a teaching language

If you were teaching a programming course, what language would you teach it in?

17 Nov 2014

Jane Street Tech Blog

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What is gained and lost with 63-bit integers?

Almost every programming language uses 64-bit integers on typical modern Intelmachines. OCaml uses a special 63-bit representation. How does it affect OCaml?

29 Sep 2014

Jane Street Tech Blog

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More OCaml: Algorithms, Methods & Diversions

More OCaml: Algorithms, Methods & Diversions is now available on Amazon at $39.99 or less, or as a DRM-free PDF eBook for $19.99 at ocaml-book.com , where you will also find sample chapters, and the exercises and examples to download. Here's the blurb:   In  More OCam

27 Aug 2014

OCaml Book

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The ML Workshop looks fantastic

I’m a little biased, by being on the steering committee, but this year’s MLworkshop looks really interesting. Here’s a link to the program:

31 Jul 2014

Jane Street Tech Blog

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FLOSS Weekly 302: Open Mirage

Interview with Randal Schwartz and Simon Phipps about MirageOS on FLOSS Weekly podcast episode 302.

23 Jul 2014

Anil Madhavapeddy's Blog

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Simple top-down development in OCaml

Often when writing a new module, I want to write the interface first and savethe implementation for later. This lets me use the module as a black box,extendi...

18 Jul 2014

Jane Street Tech Blog

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What's in a name?

In the once upon a time days of the First Age of Magic, the prudent sorcererregarded his own true name as his most valued possession but also the greatestt...

10 Jul 2014

Jane Street Tech Blog

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