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Language overview
Reference · livelanguage:ocaml
OCaml overview
OCaml is a statically-typed, multi-paradigm language in the ML family, combining functional programming with imperative and object-oriented features. Its Hindley-Milner type system with module system and functors provides powerful abstraction mechanisms. OCaml is the implementation language for several influential tools: the Coq proof assistant, the Flow and Hack type checkers at Meta, the Reason/ReScript language transpilers, and the Semgrep static analysis tool. Jane Street uses OCaml extensively for trading systems. The opam package manager and Dune build system support modern OCaml development. The language compiles to native code with competitive performance.
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displayName
OCaml
paradigms
- functional
- object-oriented
- imperative
description
OCaml is a statically-typed, multi-paradigm language in the ML family,
combining functional programming with imperative and object-oriented
features. Its Hindley-Milner type system with module system and functors
provides powerful abstraction mechanisms.
OCaml is the implementation language for several influential tools:
the Coq proof assistant, the Flow and Hack type checkers at Meta, the
Reason/ReScript language transpilers, and the Semgrep static analysis
tool. Jane Street uses OCaml extensively for trading systems. The opam
package manager and Dune build system support modern OCaml development.
The language compiles to native code with competitive performance.
Outgoing edges
applies_to2
- domain:computer-science·DomainComputer Science
- domain:software-engineering·DomainSoftware Engineering
Incoming edges
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- stack-profile:ocaml-web-backend·StackProfileOCaml Web Backend (OCaml, Docker)