> not purely functional for those who don't want to go all the way in that direction That's why I first loved it. I liked what I knew of Haskell but was skepti

> not purely functional for those who don't want to go all the way in that direction That's why I first loved it. I liked what I knew of Haskell but was skeptical of the Monadic IO system (I've since warmed to the idea). OCaml was in a perfect sweet spot in my opinion. Also it feels a bit less abstract in some difficult to define way - I don't think Monads really clicked for me until I was using Options in OCaml. I'll also second the opinion that as a _language_ OCaml is more ergonomic than Rust. However, I find that Rust is more _community ergonomic_ - it's easier to find libraries and contribute to them. Related to that - the build process is just spot-on. With OCaml, I found myself tripping over obscure errors in my build process about every month or so. For me, OCaml is a bit like the one that got away. But I'm excited about the momentum behind the Reason project!