Re:Multicore OCaml: March 2020 update
by yawaramin on Monday April 06, 2020 @11:58PM
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Well for example, one of the most interesting applications of OCaml in finance (well, fintech) is implemented in OCaml and open source: https://gitlab.com/tezos/tezos
> We are not currently using BuckleScript on the Terminal, but stay tuned…
This seems to suggest that they were looking at programming Bloomberg terminal applications in BuckleScript, compiled to JavaScript, at least at one point.
Then there's Bloomberg: https://ocaml.org/learn/companies.html
> Bloomberg employs OCaml in a advanced financial derivatives risk management application
Press release from Bloomberg announcing BuckleScript: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/press/open-source-at-bloom...
> We are not currently using BuckleScript on the Terminal, but stay tuned…
This seems to suggest that they were looking at programming Bloomberg terminal applications in BuckleScript, compiled to JavaScript, at least at one point.
There's also LexiFi: https://www.quora.com/Is-the-OCaml-language-used-in-quantita...
I think if you go looking, it's not hard to find OCaml in finance in certain niches.