Caml trading – experiences with functional programming on Wall Street [pdf] or

Re:Caml trading – experiences with functional programming o... by spitfire on Thursday August 27, 2009 @06:33PM (#790272)

This was an interesting read. You see lots of puff pieces telling you why you should use a language, but here's a sober experienced voice explaining how ocaml worked out for them. Warts and all. The warts are the most important part to know about.

It's sort of interesting what's happening in the finance industry today. You see less and less java/c# and more erlang, ocaml and ADA.

The CS geeks won out.

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Re:Caml trading – experiences with functional programming o... by look_lookatme on Thursday August 27, 2009 @08:28PM (#790451)

It's very interesting. This Jane St. video had a big influence on my decision to spend some time learning ocaml:

http://ocaml.janestreet.com/?q=node/61

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Re:Caml trading – experiences with functional programming o... by spitfire on Friday August 28, 2009 @12:20AM (#790724)

Sorry to come back to this thread so late. But I'd like to add that I find Jane Street's sober, mature view to be very attractive. Not the usual pastel-coloured-hype you get from dotcoms, or Button-down-idiocy you get from corporate work but a very appealing no nonsense intellectual approach.

If I were looking for a job they'd be in my top 10. That is all, carry on.

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Re:Caml trading – experiences with functional programming o... by Eliezer on Friday August 28, 2009 @03:04AM (#790910)

I've given talks there and Jane Street is awesome. Just my 2c.

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Re:Caml trading – experiences with functional programming o... by briancooley on Thursday August 27, 2009 @11:23PM (#790679)

At about 29:30 "You basically can't pay people enough to carefully review dull code."

I found that very insightful.

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