After struggling with js for a while, bless the ocaml ecosystem and community, now i actually get shit done instead of fighting with npm.

(I say on the day i spent 4 hours grepping files from the opam install directory)

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I'm a simple man, I flee at the thought of having to use Ocaml;;

@TheOct0 someone doesn't like a good type system which actually works?

@sharktits I wish I could do the same...

@kpenc I hate ocaml because I find it very unpractical, and very complex (even to do the simplest tasks). Also, double ; .-.

@TheOct0 It's very practical. And that's how good languages are, complex. Functional programming requires a lot of thought and mental capabilities and that's why it's not the mainstream. You can't employ Indians for 1 buck am hour.

@kpenc I wouldn't say good languages are complex. I would say good languages are powerful. And power doesn't only come with capabilities, but also how long it takes to complete each tasks, and with what ease.

@TheOct0 how long depends on the person. How long and what have you written in Ocaml to say it's unpractical? Ask Jane Street if it's unpractical, ask Yaron Minsky. :)

@kpenc I have spent a whole semester learning it, and it took me hours to write something I could have written a lot more easily in a bunch of languages. And about those two, some people also are hugely talented at fast clapping, juggling and a number of things. That doesn't make those things practical, or easy to perform... I can see the advantages of ocaml, it just isn't a language for me. Just like fast clapping. Congrats on you for being able to use it well though, that (to me) is a feat :)

@kpenc @TheOct0 The world is a big place. We don't all need to be excited about the same things.

@kpenc its very rare to see ocaml devs

@sharktits I'm not an Ocaml dev but I like the language as the others from the ML family. They are all great

@TheOct0 ;; is not necessary tho, it only tells the repl to evaluate execution

But yeah i can see why some people would think its overcomplicated. I love strict types and oop (coming from java) so it would obviously click for me, maybe not so much for people using script languages

The solution for everybody struggling with OCamls syntax is to use ReasonML. More brackets, a more Javascript-y style but still the same powerful type system and great features like pattern matching, Variant types and more.

@finiteAutomaton ill stick to ocaml thanks

@sharktits Yeah if you are already used to it I see no point in switching.