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by sjrd 3583 days ago
> I think between modular implicits[0], multicore support (both coming soon), along with BuckleScript and js_of_ocaml, Ocaml will be the functional language to beat in the coming years.

Since you mentioned Scala ... you realize Scala has had those properties for years, don't you?
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jnbiche 3583 days ago
Yes, true. I'm probably overstating things. Just excited about the prospect of having these things in Ocaml. Scala is an impressive language but it's a big language. I prefer the relative simplicity of Ocaml and (even more) SML.

Also, performance-wise, with multicore and the new optimizations with flambda, Ocaml will be particularly interesting.

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