Re:OCaml at First Glance
by acjohnson55 on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:23PM
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Honestly, I'd argue that few people do. At a previous employer, we used it in situations where would have been much better off with a more mainstream language, in my opinion.
Of course, there are few situations that require any particular language.
Re:OCaml at First Glance
by p4bl0 on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @04:13AM
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Of course. But for example if you are writing a compiler, an interpreter, or anything that has to manipulate something that resembles a structured tree of meaningful data, OCaml is particularly well suited :).
Re:OCaml at First Glance
by int_19h on Thursday September 01, 2022 @01:07AM
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Any language with ADTs and pattern matching is reasonably suited for that task, and unlike 20 years ago, these aren't obscure features anymore, so there are many options.
Of course, there are few situations that require any particular language.