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This was an interesting read. You see lots of puff pieces telling you why you should use a language, but here's a sober experienced voice explaining how ocaml w
by spitfire 17y ago
This was an interesting read. You see lots of puff pieces telling you why you should use a language, but here's a sober experienced voice explaining how ocaml worked out for them. Warts and all. The warts are the most important part to know about.
It's sort of interesting what's happening in the finance industry today. You see less and less java/c# and more erlang, ocaml and ADA.
The CS geeks won out.
- look_lookatme 17y agoIt's very interesting. This Jane St. video had a big influence on my decision to spend some time learning ocaml: http://ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=node/61 http://ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=node/61
- briancooley 17y agoAt about 29:30 "You basically can't pay people enough to carefully review dull code." I found that very insightful.
- spitfire 17y agoSorry to come back to this thread so late. But I'd like to add that I find Jane Street's sober, mature view to be very attractive. Not the usual pastel-coloured-hype you get from dotcoms, or Button-down-idiocy you get from corporate work but a very appealing no nonsense intellectual approach. If I were looking for a job they'd be in my top 10. That is all, carry on.
- Eliezer 17y agoI've given talks there and Jane Street is awesome. Just my 2c.