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by andreypopp 4411 days ago
> I understand that OCaml isn't lazily evaluated like Haskell and has a simpler to understand compiler which gives a better understanding how the code will perform at runtime. But why as someone new why would I choose OCaml over Haskell?

Isn't that enough to choose OCaml over Haskell?
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sanityinc 4411 days ago
Why would that be enough on its own? If that alone is sufficient, he should choose C over both OCaml and Haskell.
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jstoja 4410 days ago
Haskell comes with a very big community, and a lot of ways to start with the languages. I think about the http://learnyouahaskell.com/ and others.

Real World OCaml is that, without totally being it. The authors wrote it with the idea in mind that only people with a good background about functionnal world can read it.

I'd add that lazyness can be a good thing and that the type-system of Haskell is better than the OCaml one.

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