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From the little I know of OCaml, Rust isn't really in the same category. While it has functional elements, it's really aimed at being a cleaner C++ (for instanc

From the little I know of OCaml, Rust isn't really in the same category. While it has functional elements, it's really aimed at being a cleaner C++ (for instance, it doesn't have TCO).

steveklabnik 13y ago
Rust was originally implemented in OCaml, though. You're correct theyre not exactly in the same category, but there is influence there.
- e12e 13y ago
  OCaml is a popular tool for implementing languages, IIRC the javascript referecence standard was implemented in ocaml as well.
  - e12e 13y ago
    Whops, no, that was actually Standard ML: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1784 http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/1784