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You have it wrong. The official standard library is under constant development and in practice many people use it and not the Jane Street stuff.
by frou_dh 4y ago
You have it wrong. The official standard library is under constant development and in practice many people use it and not the Jane Street stuff.
- anentropic 4y agoI don't think they're wrong the Jane Street side are quite prolific with blog posts etc as a newcomer to OCaml one of the first, and nicer-looking, intro resources you'll likely encounter is the Real World OCaml book https://dev.realworldocaml.org/ https://dev.realworldocaml.org/ which unfortunately does everything using Base instead of the stdlib Personally that didn't sit right to me and I prefer to use the stdlib by default (which seems fine and not in need of a wholesale replacement)
- frou_dh 4y agoThere definitely is indeed a problem, namely a false perception that the stdlib is a moribund relic with one foot in the grave. What I'm saying is that it's fairly healthy and gets used plenty by general OCaml users.
- l_theanine 4y agoAre there some large users or projects that are committed to the stdlib and not Base that I could look into or read about? Thanks in advance.
- anentropic 4y agoI totally agree