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- An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.
Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
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Programming languagesOCaml and F#Language design and type systemsFunctional programming
Yaron Minsky explains why Jane Street chose OCaml and how it fits into the broader programming language landscape.
A summary of why Jane Street uses OCaml, including a discussion of how OCaml fits into the broader space of programming languages. Given to our summer interns.Why it's here
2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as a classic explanation of the practical benefits of functional programming in industry.
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Why OCaml 01:06:39 by **Yaron Minsky** (2016)
u/RustinWolfin r/ocaml • Mentions
On “The Economist writes about ocaml …”
I think Why OCaml by Yaron Minsky covers your question. He has other videos on this topic too.
From what I remember (plus my own biases), the real advantage, especially in the context of financial industry, comes from the strong type guarantees and functional programming, or more generally, being able to reason algebraically, write pure functions that are predictable and testable, but still have control to imperatively control the hot paths when needed.
u/30DVolin r/ocaml • Mentions
On “Talk on OxCaml”
Sorry for that.
Those are the two main things I had in mind
The reasons listed here: Why Ocaml
and about Rust in the talk