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Like with many things, the reference interpreter is in ocaml because one sufficiently motivated insider wanted it to be.
by achierius 11mo ago
Like with many things, the reference interpreter is in ocaml because one sufficiently motivated insider wanted it to be.
- potsandpans 11mo agoI think ocaml (ml-y languages in general perhaps) lend themselves to interpreters quite nicely. Similarly with Rust. Maybe there's an intersection between PL nerdery and interpreter authoring, and I fall into that bucket and am biased.