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Also they're rewriting messenger in basically OCaml (Reason[0]) i.e. a statically typed FP language. [0]: https://reasonml.github.io/ https://reasonml.github.i

by m0meni 8y ago

Also they're rewriting messenger in basically OCaml (Reason[0]) i.e. a statically typed FP language. [0]: https://reasonml.github.io/ https://reasonml.github.io/

dons 8y ago
And "eradicate" for Java... http://fbinfer.com/docs/eradicate.html http://fbinfer.com/docs/eradicate.html we love types. They help us ship stuff faster.
laylomo2 8y ago
This should be upvoted higher. ReasonML is a fantastically beautiful language.
- weberc2 8y ago
  Yeah, it just needs to work on its tooling and library story. Last time I tried, the OCaml toolchain was such a big pain that the Reason community basically told me to give up and compile to Node. And then there are relatively few native-ReasonML libraries, so you have to figure out how to integrate with OCaml which usually means learning how to _read_ OCaml without clawing your eyes out (I'm only sort of joking). I'm rooting for Reason, but it has a few nontrivial hills to climb before it's practical.
  - Rotareti 8y ago
    I find it already very practical for web frontend work. Editor support is great if you use VSCode.
    - weberc2 8y ago
      That's encouraging to hear. Unfortunately I don't do much frontend web development, but hopefully if the frontend web-dev story catches on then the backend will follow.