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Re: Reason: A new interface to OCaml

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Post by weberc2 »

e_d_g_a_r wrote: post #2

I for one welcome the syntax. I run the OCaml meetup in Silicon Valley and syntax is definitely an issue for newcomers. This makes it easier for other programmers to instantly just jump into OCaml/ML rather than ask about what is `in` or what is `let foo = function`, etc etc. EDIT: Hosting a Meetup this friday at 6pm in San Francisco about Reason and how to instantly start using it, http://www.meetup.com/sv-ocaml/eve…

This definitely makes me feel more warmly toward OCaml. Syntax has kept me away in the past. It's silly, but it's really hard to evaluate a language if you can't read the examples.

Re: Reason: A new interface to OCaml

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Post by e_d_g_a_r »

weberc2 wrote: post #11
e_d_g_a_r wrote: post #2

I for one welcome the syntax. I run the OCaml meetup in Silicon Valley and syntax is definitely an issue for newcomers. This makes it easier for other programmers to instantly just jump into OCaml/ML rather than ask about what is `in` or what is `let foo = function`, etc etc. EDIT: Hosting a Meetup this friday at 6pm in San Francisco about Reason and how to instantly start using it, http://www.meetup.com/sv-ocaml/eve…

This definitely makes me feel more warmly toward OCaml. Syntax has kept me away in the past. It's silly, but it's really hard to evaluate a language if you can't read the examples.

People like to say that syntax doesn't matter and over the long term maybe it doesn't but anything that detracts from learning a language does matter and sometimes syntax is exactly that needless barrier.

Re: Reason: A new interface to OCaml

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Post by emerongi »

TY wrote: post #10

Ok, it might be the end of the day for me and I'm denser than usual, but I can't understand what is this? Ocaml to JS transpiler? Checked this out, but the reason still eludes me: https://ocaml.io/w/Blog:News/A_new_Reason_for_OCaml (pun intended)

I feel like FB needed it and also released it to the public, but outside of FB, there's little Reason to use it.

Re: Reason: A new interface to OCaml

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Post by GemG »

TY wrote: post #10

Ok, it might be the end of the day for me and I'm denser than usual, but I can't understand what is this? Ocaml to JS transpiler? Checked this out, but the reason still eludes me: https://ocaml.io/w/Blog:News/A_new_Reason_for_OCaml (pun intended)

Thought it was mostly summed up in the first paragraph... "Reason is a new approachable interface to the OCaml language, with the long-term goal of improving the developer experience by providing a functional syntax and toolchain for writing, building and sharing code quickly and easily."
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