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I have used both. Ocaml is a joy. I would rather swallow shards of glass than work with Haskell again. The language is a mess. The compiler is slow. Performanc

I have used both. Ocaml is a joy. I would rather swallow shards of glass than work with Haskell again. The language is a mess. The compiler is slow. Performance is poor. The community is insufferable. I think that what is meant by practical.

applicative 4y ago
The community burned me in the end - fortunately a little committee took over my libraries when I left in a rage at some of its truly insufferable vindictive self appointed leaders. I think this comes and goes and the main body of users is tirelessly helpful. But the rest of this is nonsense. The compiler is a flat out miracle, a monument to human understanding, and produces unbelievably fast programs given the weird and wonderful abstract material one hands to it.