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Re:MoonScript - A programmer friendly language that compiles... by swah on Thursday August 11, 2011 @08:37AM (#2872518)
1.0 + 2.0 <- Not valid OCaml! :)

But I love OCaml, I don't why it isn't more hacked/forked.

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Re:MoonScript - A programmer friendly language that compiles... by tomp on Thursday August 11, 2011 @09:22AM (#2872665)
> But I love OCaml, I don't why it isn't more hacked/forked.

Because it has a fucked-up licence - you're not allowed to "fork" it in the usual sense of the word, you can only distribute the original source, and your modifications in a patch. The "free-for-all" licence is only available to commercial users.

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