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In France, my two first years of CS were taught in OCaml. 20k+ students are learning that way every year over there. We learn about recursions, complexity, type
by batmansmk 9y ago
In France, my two first years of CS were taught in OCaml. 20k+ students are learning that way every year over there. We learn about recursions, complexity, types, compilers, language theory, graph theory ... without leaving the confort of one expressive language.
I terribly missed OCaml when I had to realign with the technologies promoted in job offers and expected within the industry.
- throwaway7645 9y agoI imagine Inria has some influence there as well as FP is good to teach in college. It's always a tough balance choosing between what is more relevant as computer science (Lisp, Prolog, OCaml...etc) versus what will get students paid money (Java, JavaScript, C++, or Python). I'm glad you had a positive experience and as i asked below, do you have the course material? And outside of the basic things you learn in school/mention above, could you use it in your daily job? Is there enough library support?