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OCaml，an industrial-strength functional programming language

• tingfirst 1y ago
  For parallel programming, what's OS-level difference compared to languages like Python or modern C++? Domain.spawn (fun _ -> print_endline "I ran in parallel") Anyway, love the simplicity of this expression!
  • yawaramin 1y ago
    At the OS level, OCaml 5+ and C++ can spawn OS threads. Python can't.
• bigbadfeline 1y ago
  Are there any production quality apps or application libraries for OCaml? I'm not sure in what area the OCAML ecosystem is well developed?
  • yawaramin 1y ago
    Many. See https://ocaml.org/industrial-users https://ocaml.org/industrial-users A high-quality library to try out is the Dream web framework: https://aantron.github.io/dream/ https://aantron.github.io/dream/
    • bigbadfeline 1y ago
      Tx!
• gangtao 1y ago
  Thanks for sharing, ocaml is an interesting language which I think has it's pros and cons Pros: 1. High Performance with solid safety guarantees 2. Greatly improve developer productivity through advanced type features 3. Exceptional reliability for mission-critical systems while I also have some concerns about it as well Cons: 1. Steep learning curve with significant paradigm friction 2. Constrained ecosystem and limited career opportunities I know like Kevin Kelly is a fan of such kind language like Lisp he mentioned in his book, out of control, which is my favorite one, but still, I dont like learning another new languages, yes, I am very lazy!