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I've been playing around with OCaml a fair bit in my spare time too. I've been using Go at work full time for about 4 years so that's my main comparison. I lov
by ryanslade 10y ago
I've been playing around with OCaml a fair bit in my spare time too. I've been using Go at work full time for about 4 years so that's my main comparison.
I love OCaml as a language but the ecosystem is really pretty bad. There is just too much fragmentation and lack of libraries. I would have expected more from a language that is over 20 years old.
Don't get me wrong, I want it to succeed since I agree it has a really nice mix of features.. I just have my doubts given its track record so far.
- agentgt 10y ago> Don't get me wrong, I want it to succeed since I agree it has a really nice mix of features.. I just have my doubts given its track record so far. While I agree... Javascript is also just as old and arguably more fragmented (with the exception of jQuery). That being said perhaps unlikely but OCaml may make a massive comeback just like Javascript did (particularly if for some reason Rust fails which I doubt).
- geodel 10y agoJavascript has web giants' backing who made it work and well enough to write sophisticated frontends like webmails etc. OCaml has Jane street and may be a couple more using it as secondary language for some applications. I don't think it is going to catch up big time.
- Nelkins 10y agoIf you're looking for OCaml with a better ecosystem, take a look at F#. It's basically OCaml on .NET.
- ryanslade 10y agoYes, I agree. It seems almost perfect apart from the fact that non windows support is still lacking.