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Four Lectures on Standard ML (1989) [pdf]
SML pops up now and again on HN, which is always nice to see. I wrote a language server for SML in an attempt to improve the tooling situation around the language: https://azdavis.net/posts/millet/
The main motivator for why I did this is because we use SML as a teaching language at my university and students always seem to struggle with the error messages and tooling from the compiler.
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Flunct: Well-typed, fluent APIs in SML
For the IDE use case, I made a language server for SML: https://azdavis.net/posts/millet/
- Programming in Standard ML [pdf]
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Comparing Objective Caml and Standard ML
I've been using SML with millet language server and VScode.
you can highlight your code and run just the highlighted bits, in your REPL.
https://github.com/azdavis/millet
- Show r/rust: Wrote a toy type inferencer by implementing Hindley-Milner algorithm
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OCaml: a Rust developer's first impressions
Some of your questions might be answered in this book (free online version): https://dev.realworldocaml.org/
- Compiler Development: Rust or OCaml?
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Nix-Powered Development with OCaml
I don't think they're wrong
the Jane Street side are quite prolific with blog posts etc
as a newcomer to OCaml one of the first, and nicer-looking, intro resources you'll likely encounter is the Real World OCaml book https://dev.realworldocaml.org/ which unfortunately does everything using Base instead of the stdlib
Personally that didn't sit right to me and I prefer to use the stdlib by default (which seems fine and not in need of a wholesale replacement)
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Comparing Objective Caml and Standard ML
This is an oldie but a goodie.
OCaml has, unlike Standard ML, grown quite a lot since this page was made.
In particular, the section "Standard libraries", I'd recommend looking at:
https://dev.realworldocaml.org/
A couple of places where the comparison is outdated:
- OCaml using Base [1] allows for result-type oriented programming
- OCaml using Base uses less language magic and more module system
While there was and is truth to the distinction that SML is for scientists and OCaml is for engineers, this dichotomy is getting dated: OCaml is under active development, which means that scientists who want better tooling will choose OCaml. For example, 1ML [2] by Andreas Rossberg was built in OCaml.
[1]: https://opensource.janestreet.com/base/
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Resource recommendations for a beginner.
Real World OCaml (version 2 is finally out) is also pretty good.
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OCAML HELP!
Real World OCaml is also a good resource, geared more towards people who already have some programming experience and want a more industry/practical focused learning experience.
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Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years
ocaml.org’s new website is packed with lots of great early intros.
most learners eventually gravitate towards Real World OCaml https://dev.realworldocaml.org/ for additional learning.
Unfortunately, the learning resources for different domains out there isn’t as highly curated or prolific as, say, rust. If you do web dev like me, it takes a bit more work to find the tools and put them together. But the language itself lends itself well to systems level programming.
Fortunately, the forum is a great help.
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Help getting started with Ocaml
In general, better read the second edition which is updated to use current Core versions. A print version was published recently.
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learning ocaml this semester.
I recommend https://dev.realworldocaml.org/ and https://cs3110.github.io/textbook/cover.html
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Functional Reactive Programming
Elm is not dead. It just prefers a slow release schedule but is still actively worked on in the background.
That said, you might want to check out OCaml for general purpose programming. Super fast compiler, great performance, can target both native and JS.
It is easier to use than Haskell due to defaulting to eager evaluation (like most languages) strategy instead of laziness and being generally more pragmatic, offering more escape hatches into the imperative world if need be. Plus great upward trajectory with lot's of cool stuff like an effects system and multi-core support coming.
Real World Ocaml is a decent resource: https://dev.realworldocaml.org/
What are some alternatives?
vscli - A CLI/TUI which makes it easy to launch vscode projects, with a focus on dev containers.
swift-async-algorithms - Async Algorithms for Swift
1ml - 1ML prototype interpreter
awesome-ocaml - A curated collection of awesome OCaml tools, frameworks, libraries and articles.
fling - A fluent API generator
reason - Simple, fast & type safe code that leverages the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems
type-inferencer - hindley-milner algorithm
learn-you-a-haskell - “Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!” by Miran Lipovača
mpl - The MaPLe compiler for efficient and scalable parallel functional programming
ocaml-containers - A lightweight, modular standard library extension, string library, and interfaces to various libraries (unix, threads, etc.) BSD license.
flunct - A functional fluent API generator
onelinerizer - Shamelessly convert any Python 2 script into a terrible single line of code