I get the impression that it may have been more popular several years ago - OCaml, Caml Light, and predecessors have been around for a rather long time, and hav

I get the impression that it may have been more popular several years ago - OCaml, Caml Light, and predecessors have been around for a rather long time, and have been used in education. It has a long, parallel history to SML. I'm not sure about the above because I can't read French, but I remember reading it somewhere relatively 'official'. (Perhaps in the translated O'Reilly book?) Either way, having half the stuff written about your language only available in French is probably not a strong life sign.