> You still have classes, objects, functions, mutable data and low-level access to the OS, all with an easy and concise syntax, but you gain type checking, much better data structures and a huge amount of speed for no additional effort. Why aren’t more people using it?
I think it is a community issue actually. Not the language. It is just not converging. Just think of how many distinct OCaml code styles you have seen. Some use hardcore math notation, some not; some use recursions everywhere; some use imperative syntax; some use pseudo-OOP approach. Some even try to fork the language syntax. And a result. Well. Even with the language itself providing easy and concise syntax, ocaml code is not very readable. And not very popular.
I think it is a community issue actually. Not the language. It is just not converging. Just think of how many distinct OCaml code styles you have seen. Some use hardcore math notation, some not; some use recursions everywhere; some use imperative syntax; some use pseudo-OOP approach. Some even try to fork the language syntax. And a result. Well. Even with the language itself providing easy and concise syntax, ocaml code is not very readable. And not very popular.