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by Dn_Ab 5375 days ago
My memory of OCaml is faded. Can you explain how Ocaml can be more verbose? Especially since the inference story in F# is not as full due to having to deal with objects with ad-hoc polymorphism. I don't see how Ocaml can be more verbose. The core language of both is virtually identical.

Also F# is not all of Ocaml. To mind, it lacks functors, ocaml strength modules and polymorphic variants. Ocaml also has the potential to be faster. At least in the single core case.
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Stasyan 5375 days ago
I meant that the syntax of OCaml is more verbose. In F# (now that the #light directive is a default) you need less comparing to OCaml. Do not need to add ;; to terminate an expression (except for in REPL). Do not need to have "done" to close every loop declaration. Do not need to have "in" for "let" declarations.
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pdhborges 5375 days ago
You don't need ;; to terminate an expression (except when using the REPL).
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Stasyan 5375 days ago
> Ocaml also has the potential to be faster. At least in the single core case.

F# can only go as fast as .NET. Compiled OCaml though is very fast - I completely agree with you.

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