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I love ML based languages, but it's definitely hard to get excited about new features when even just installing ocaml on windows starts with reading a chart of

I love ML based languages, but it's definitely hard to get excited about new features when even just installing ocaml on windows starts with reading a chart of what tradeoffs you're going to have to make. https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/blob/trunk/README.win32.adoc https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/blob/trunk/README.win32.adoc

x0re4x 5y ago
Try F#. It's not exactly ocaml, but close enough if you want to stay on windows.
- Scarbutt 5y ago
  Or Scala3
- rejectedandsad 5y ago
  I’d even argue F# might be better than OCaml thanks to the better library support, availability on Win/Mac/Linux and pre-existing multi core support.
- hyperhopper 5y ago
  I love F#! I have used it professionally for years! Unfortunately, it has the same problem, but for Linux instead; dot net core is not the same as dot net.
  - phillipcarter 5y ago
    Which issues did you run into? .NET 5 is the same across all operating systems, modulo access to winforms/wpf if you're on windows only.
vrotaru 5y ago
Well, installing OCaml from sources was always considered the hard way. Now there is https://fdopen.github.io/opam-repository-mingw/installation/ https://fdopen.github.io/opam-repository-mingw/installation/ Basically you just need Cygwin and you are good. It worked for me when I last tried it.
- heavyset_go 5y ago
  Are binaries compiled with Cygwin Ocaml portable? As in, can they be distributed to other Windows systems that don't have Cygwin installed?
  - vrotaru 5y ago
    The documentation say yes. With a caveat. If you depend on some cygwin libs for your ocaml program you need them on the other machine too. Maybe you can copy them over as well. Or not. Not a win dev, sorry.
    - heavyset_go 5y ago
      Cool, thanks.
solmag 5y ago
I use WSL2 with Ocaml, works fine.
- hydroxonium 5y ago
  I use WSL2 as much as possible. It's great.
- jcelerier 5y ago
  Is installing OCaml on a Linux VM with shared folders really installing "on windows", that like saying that windows app are installed "on a Mac" when they need Parallels to run
  - lou1306 5y ago
    WSL is a Windows component, so I'd say "yes"? Parallels, instead, is 3rd party software.

x0re4x 5y ago

Try F#. It's not exactly ocaml, but close enough if you want to stay on windows.

Scarbutt 5y ago
Or Scala3
rejectedandsad 5y ago
I’d even argue F# might be better than OCaml thanks to the better library support, availability on Win/Mac/Linux and pre-existing multi core support.
hyperhopper 5y ago
I love F#! I have used it professionally for years! Unfortunately, it has the same problem, but for Linux instead; dot net core is not the same as dot net.
- phillipcarter 5y ago
  Which issues did you run into? .NET 5 is the same across all operating systems, modulo access to winforms/wpf if you're on windows only.

vrotaru 5y ago

Well, installing OCaml from sources was always considered the hard way. Now there is https://fdopen.github.io/opam-repository-mingw/installation/ https://fdopen.github.io/opam-repository-mingw/installation/ Basically you just need Cygwin and you are good. It worked for me when I last tried it.

heavyset_go 5y ago
Are binaries compiled with Cygwin Ocaml portable? As in, can they be distributed to other Windows systems that don't have Cygwin installed?
- vrotaru 5y ago
  The documentation say yes. With a caveat. If you depend on some cygwin libs for your ocaml program you need them on the other machine too. Maybe you can copy them over as well. Or not. Not a win dev, sorry.
  - heavyset_go 5y ago
    Cool, thanks.

solmag 5y ago

I use WSL2 with Ocaml, works fine.

hydroxonium 5y ago
I use WSL2 as much as possible. It's great.
jcelerier 5y ago
Is installing OCaml on a Linux VM with shared folders really installing "on windows", that like saying that windows app are installed "on a Mac" when they need Parallels to run
- lou1306 5y ago
  WSL is a Windows component, so I'd say "yes"? Parallels, instead, is 3rd party software.