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Well, I pretty love javascript, is it an imperative language? ;) Please don't be so sharp, I really don't understand why this link is in HN, and I'm just expos
by lesterpig 11y ago
Well, I pretty love javascript, is it an imperative language? ;)
Please don't be so sharp, I really don't understand why this link is in HN, and I'm just exposing my point of view, after practising OCaml a lot. So what, I'm a student so my opinion is worthless?
- FraaJad 11y agoAh yes, the "functional" and "object oriented" Javascript, how I love thee. When you are starting out, convenience and familiarity (which are visceral) can trump abstract notions like "pure", "correct", "reason-able". I'm not saying your opinion is worthless, just that your judgement could be coloured by inexperience. My sincere recommendation is to use "Real World OCaml" - https://realworldocaml.org/ https://realworldocaml.org/ as a reference to learn OCaml instead of old and busted tutorials littering the internet. Trust me, I have been trying to learn OCaml "on the side" for a few years and RWO is the first book that I have absolute love (even accounting for a wide variety of PL books I read) for being practical, current and explaining stuff.
- lesterpig 11y agoI understand your point of view. Thank you for the link, I've already checked it and it's really interesting. Do you have some examples of well-known applications built with OCaml? I'll have to check that too.