Why “OCaml” is being discussed
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“Low quality entertainment” is a very elitist thing to say. Most don’t have time or luxury of even being introduced ( via an east coast liberal arts college ) to read Tolstoy or…
by cellis · Sep 6, 2026
This is the best OCaml resource I know, and I have gone through it in full, and highly recommend: CS3110: OCaml Programming: Correct + Efficient + Beautiful [0] It is one of the…
by __rito__ · Sep 6, 2026
Ocaml is ancient at this point. It's never going to be python, but I doubt it's going to disappear.
by debo_ · Sep 5, 2026
I would not make that dependent on LLMs. If OCaml covers a use case you have, why not. Personally I try to stick within my own niche though - ruby, java and also python (ruby is…
by shevy-java · Sep 5, 2026
I know a few programs written in OCaml such as weidu. OCaml is a very strange programming language. I don't think it will be able to sustain e. g. success stories of other langu…
by shevy-java · Sep 5, 2026
LLMs are better at OCaml than any other language, and being able to read and think in OCaml is very helpful to understanding LLM generated OCaml code. Also, it may very well be…
by sroerick · Sep 5, 2026
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OCaml is a general-purpose, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language which extends the Caml dialect of ML with object-oriented features. OCaml was created in 1996 by Xavier Leroy, Jérôme Vouillon, Damien Doligez, Didier Rémy, Ascánder Suárez, and others. Read more on Wikipedia