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Unix support is definitely better than Windows. That said, the core language and base libraries are pretty portable. Here's one nice retrospective on a move f

by yminsky 12y ago

Unix support is definitely better than Windows. That said, the core language and base libraries are pretty portable. Here's one nice retrospective on a move from Python to OCaml for a program that needed portability to Windows as a fundamental concern. http://roscidus.com/blog/blog/2014/06/06/python-to-ocaml-retrospective/ http://roscidus.com/blog/blog/2014/06/06/python-to-ocaml-ret... Probably the biggest problem on Windows is that OPAM, the package manager, doesn't work there. That will come eventually, though.

shadowfox 12y ago
> Probably the biggest problem on Windows is that OPAM, the package manager, doesn't work there. That will come eventually, though Wodi [1] is a reasonable choice until OPAM starts supporting Windows. It includes many of the interesting/useful libraries (including, importantly, batteries [2] and core [3]) [1] http://wodi.forge.ocamlcore.org/ http://wodi.forge.ocamlcore.org/ [2] http://batteries.forge.ocamlcore.org/ http://batteries.forge.ocamlcore.org/ [3] https://github.com/janestreet/core_kernel https://github.com/janestreet/core_kernel
pjmlp 12y ago
> Probably the biggest problem on Windows is that OPAM, the package manager, doesn't work there. That will come eventually, though. Any ETA on it? If I knew about it before buying the book, I would not have done it. The book is great, but as it is I have better luck with F# at work.