Hotcaml: An OCaml interpreter with watching and reloading

Re:Hotcaml: An OCaml interpreter with watching and reloading by FluffyFez on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @08:15PM (#30002948)

I really do wonder why Ocaml hasn't had its rails moment.

I hated ML when I first encountered SML in college. As I became more familiar with functional programming, I started enjoying them. the ML languages just felt like such a better deal than the complexities arising from the purity of Haskell.

More intuitive and have records. Maybe they'll have a moment yet. Their learning curve might still be steep. I do hope for a wide spread variation to come out some day.

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Re:Hotcaml: An OCaml interpreter with watching and reloading by lmm on Thursday January 20, 2022 @01:28AM (#30005507)

Well, it hasn't had anyone implementing something like Rails - it's easy to underestimate the importance of making a really simple onramp for beginners. I think there's a lot to be said for gradual sustainable growth though; OCaml isn't hyped, but we're quietly seeing more and more of it.

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Re:Hotcaml: An OCaml interpreter with watching and reloading by yawaramin on Thursday January 20, 2022 @04:28PM (#30015321)

Yep, it's all about sustainability and backward-compatibility. There's no Rails yet, but the Sinatra-like Dream framework is very good and getting a lot of attention nowadays.

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