[cmrdporcupine]

I taught myself OCaml first (err... 15 years ago? when there was some initial buzz around it) and liked it.

But then I discovered SML/NJ and I liked it more.

OCaml has an active community, and the language is nice. I think I actually prefer ML as a language.

[cmrdporcupine]

I should add I also gave Haskell a spin and did not like it. While I can see its elegance, I found ML more readable and practical and easier to write. My eyes glaze over in Haskell, it's like it's missing punctuation or something to let me know what it's doing.

[istvan__]

Totally agree with you own this one, just looked into Haskell code this week and it was too much black magic going on. I like ML (and more specifically OCaml) because it is more readable to me and easier to understand. Now this might change if I get more exposure to both worlds.