[gdsdfe]

I'm confused, so reasonml is now rescript?

[ccapndave]

ReScript is specifically ReasonML with Bucklescript, which is for transpiling down to Javascript. They also made a few minor syntax changes that make it look a bit more like Typescript.

[iammiles]

I think it's just when you use ReasonML in conjunction with Bucklescript to target JS. If you're using ReasonML to compile natively then things are the same.

[orra]

I'm even more confused.

It's like all of BuckleScript and parts of ReasonML is now ReScript. Except BuckleScript has a new C-like syntax unlike the ML syntax that made BuckleScript BuckleScript as opposed to ReasonML.

[ccapndave]

Basically Bucklescript have forked their own (very similar) syntax from ReasonML and branded the whole syntax + Bucklescript + compiler package as ReScript. I suppose the goal is to eliminate the confusion of having so many moving parts and unify them all under a single ReScript brand.

[orra]

Thanks. I guess the thing I didn't understand was where this leaves Reason: what is left under the Reason banner? But a fork would explain the overlap.

[yawaramin]

Lots of things are under the Reason banner:

- The Reason syntax at https://github.com/facebook/reason

- Esy, the npm-like Opam-compatible package manager at https://esy.sh/

- Reason native tooling in https://reason-native.com/

- Not forgetting that Dune and Odoc, two standard tools in the OCaml ecosystem, both support Reason syntax.

EDIT: and I forgot about the various editor plugins which provide Reason support, the most well-known is probably https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jaredly....

[ccapndave]

Reason is still an alternative syntax to OCaml for native development, although I have no idea how many people actually use it for that.