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by fermigier 216 days ago
Little known fact: OCaml was at one point called "Zinc" ("Zinc is not Caml").
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Qem 216 days ago
Perhaps the language would be more lucky with the original name. Zinc is used to galvanize steel and prevent Rust formation[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanization

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