Re:Multicore OCaml: April 2021
by toolslive on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:23PM
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Often, it's just about finding a stick. They don't want to use OCaml and the absence of multi-core features gives them the excuse they were looking for. Now they can inform management: "OCaml is not an option. we'll stick with <insert PL here>"
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It often is.
But sometimes it is also about finding more reasons to use one of your favorite languages.
I’m doing pseudo-async PHP at work, and having proper support would certainly make these solutions less brittle.
Re:Multicore OCaml: April 2021
by Buttons840 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @09:05PM
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I learned Haskell instead of OCaml in part because of this. Yeah, it probably wasn't that important, it was an emotional decision, and it wasn't "fair" to OCaml. But whatever it was or wasn't, I learned Haskell instead of OCaml.
Also, if I read between the lines correctly, in your scenerio it's management who is interested in OCaml and the developers want to use something else? Wonder if that has ever actually happened?