Re: [Caml-list] Haskell vs OCaml

[Adrian May <adrian.alexander.may@gmail.com>]

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Actually I was making a serious point, namely, that Haskell forces you to
learn the whole FP deal even to write Hello World, whereas Ocaml lets you
chicken out into imperative programming at the first hurdle. Which is
better? Well I'd say the former because the latter risks building up a code
base that doesn't rhyme with itself and a population of programmers who
react to one half or the other of the code with either derision or
confusion.



On 18 March 2013 17:59, Gabriel Scherer <gabriel.scherer@gmail.com> wrote:

> I see no point in keeping this thread going on, given the mediocre way
> it started.
>
> The original question was about feedback on OCaml being used to teach
> programming, and I think it is good that is answered in detail if it
> can help in making informed curriculum decisions. Don't hesitate to
> keep providing data if you think it helps.
>
> On the other side, there is no "competition" going on here -- and it's
> indeed an excellent thing that Haskell, being a beautiful language, is
> also taught at university (same for SML)! If only there were less Java
> courses...
>
> I'm sure there are interesting things to be said about "Haskell and
> OCaml" (rather than "vs."), but this is not the way to start it.
>
> "Keep Caml and Curry On"!
>
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > The biggest advantage for me is Ocaml is simpler than Haskell IMO.
> >
> > adrian.alexander.may@gmail.com writes:
> >
> >> On Wednesday, 13 August 2008 20:49:17 UTC+8, circ ular  wrote:
> >>> What are the advantages/disadvantages when comparing OCaml to Haskell?
> >>
> >> case you of
> >>   man   -> haskell
> >>   mouse -> ocaml
> >
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