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Caml was originally an acronym for Categorical Abstract Machine Language [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caml
by tromp 6mo ago
Caml was originally an acronym for Categorical Abstract Machine Language [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caml
- capitalsigma 6mo agoSupposedly it was named "caml" because the author was a smoker who enjoyed camel cigarettes, hence the joke that [later implementations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caml#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caml#History) were named "Caml Light" and "Caml Special Light"