Re:I Love OCaml
by thw_9a83c on Saturday November 08, 2025 @05:54PM
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> The documentation is super terse. Very few examples.
I agree. OCaml is a complex language with very beginner-unfriendly documentation. In fact, I would even say it's unfriendly to engineers (as developers). The OCaml community prefers to see this language as an academic affair and doesn't see the need to attract the masses. E.g. Rust is an example of the opposite. It's a complex language, but it's pushing hard to become mainstream.
I agree. OCaml is a complex language with very beginner-unfriendly documentation. In fact, I would even say it's unfriendly to engineers (as developers). The OCaml community prefers to see this language as an academic affair and doesn't see the need to attract the masses. E.g. Rust is an example of the opposite. It's a complex language, but it's pushing hard to become mainstream.