Re:Jane Street's sneaky retention tactic
by ttoinou on Saturday June 28, 2025 @01:33PM
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We learn OCaml in CS classes at écoles préparatoires (CPGE MP) in france. It’s an amazing language, practical to implement the CS math oriented theory we just studied. Doesn’t work that great as a retention tactic to stay forever at university though
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Re:Jane Street's sneaky retention tactic
by Ambroisie on Saturday June 28, 2025 @01:56PM
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I'm still in love with Caml from my time in prépa, one of the reasons I'm sometimes eyeing JS for a move.
Re:Jane Street's sneaky retention tactic
by londons_explore on Saturday June 28, 2025 @01:37PM
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Lots of universities teach Haskell as part of a CS degree, and that has not too much use in the world outside academia...
Re:Jane Street's sneaky retention tactic
by typesarecool on Saturday June 28, 2025 @01:58PM
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It does have some places! I used it at IOHK, they use it at Mercury, a little at Meta, Galois, etc...
I had Serge Abiteboul and Xavier Leroy (author of OCaml) as TAs, teaching ML. The only effect was a deep and abiding hatred for the language.