OCaml

Summary

OCaml is a multi-paradigm programming language that emphasizes functional, imperative, and object-oriented styles. It provides static type-checking, type inference, and pattern matching with a focus on safety and expressivity.

Paradigms

functional, imperative, object-oriented, modular

Domains

compiler, systems programming, formal verification, financial systems

Key Features

first-class functions, closures, pattern matching, algebraic data types, type inference, modules, tail-call optimization

Typing

static system, structural typing, strong typing, full inference, compile-time checking, conservative type coercion, optional type annotations

Compilation

compiled, interpreted

Influenced By

ML, Caml, Standard ML

Influenced

Rust, Opa, Reason, Frenetic, ReScript, Gleam, Haxe, Hack, Elm, Scala, Boomerang, ATS, F*, Nix, F#

Ratings

File extensions

ml, eliom, eliomi, ml4, mli, mll, mly

External Links

• OCaml official site
• OCaml jobs at Devjobsscanner
• r/ocaml subreddit
• Trending GitHub repositories