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   by avsm2 15y ago

   It's back up now; the ML TCP stack was running a pcap dumper for debugging, which didn't cope well with a hackernews link. Hacking is going pretty well on Mirage. The longer-term plan is to generalise the support libraries to work with othe
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   by avsm2 15y ago

   Your request for a super-opinionated guide "get stuff done" guide will be available soon; http://realworldocaml.org
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   by avsm2 15y ago

   Note that OCaml is just fine for heavy math and data stuff: the garbage collector has a global lock, but threads work just fine for CPU intensive activities. Just don't generate much garbage (which is important for any data-heavy processi
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   by avsm2 15y ago

   The first three are indeed a big irritation, and a big motivation during writing this book. There is a lot of work going on to improve all of these at the moment, notably through Core from Jane Street providing a well-maintained accessibl
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   by avsm2 15y ago

   OCaml isn't actually a pure functional language: it has side-effects and mutation. In fact, you can code that looks an awful lot like C if you want, except with automatic type inference. But then you can also lift up your level of abstracti