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Re:Introduction to Functional Programming in OCaml by erokar on Thursday August 23, 2018 @10:17AM (#17827426)
I don't get it. I work day to day with Algol-syntax languages like JavaScript and Java, but have dabbled in ML languages like Elm and Haskell. One of the things I really like about those languages is the syntax -- succinct and clear. What takes time and is hard for me is grasping the semantics and patterns.
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Re:Introduction to Functional Programming in OCaml by masklinn on Thursday August 23, 2018 @11:20AM (#17827978)
OCaml's syntax is way more verbose and noisy than Haskell's or Elm's. It tends to have longer keywords, more sigils, … and some of the defaults are inconvenient (non-recursive lets)

https://wiki.haskell.org/OCaml has some trivial examples

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Re:Introduction to Functional Programming in OCaml by acjohnson55 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @11:13AM (#17827914)
I find it pretty clear in simple cases but ambiguities and associativity rules can make interpreting some code a real pain.
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