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Re:OCaml at First Glance by p4bl0 on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @04:13AM (#32647900)
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 :).
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Re:OCaml at First Glance by int_19h on Thursday September 01, 2022 @01:07AM (#32672238)
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.
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