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OCaml

AKA Objective Caml

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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

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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

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File extensions

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

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Status active
Type programming
Created 1996
Designed by Xavier Leroy
Jérôme Vouillon
Damien Doligez
Didier Rémy
Ascánder Suárez
Developed by INRIA
Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
PyPL Index N/A
TIOBE Index #51-100
GitHub rank #58

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