> Not sure what you mean by "no forward references"? I probably got the name wrong, but it's the ability to use a function before it is defined. In OCaml/Reas

> Not sure what you mean by "no forward references"? I probably got the name wrong, but it's the ability to use a function before it is defined. In OCaml/ReasonML, you'd have to use the rec keyword and structure your codebase in a particular way to define mutually-recursive functions. It is a small but noticeable papercut, especially since recursion is so common in a functional language.