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The previous posts may have given the impression that I’m learning various languages for the sake of higher academic enlightenment. Actually the core reason is much simpler: I’ve got some performance intensive code to write, python just didn’t cut it, and in
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2 years ago
Strange that you compared OCaml to the slower Java -client instead of Java -server
[Java -server](http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4sandbox/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=ocaml&lang2=java)
Strange not to compare OCaml with other compiled languages rather than with interpreted languages like Python, Perl and Ruby.
1 year ago
I also chose OCaml to program arithmetic and I am really very pleased with my choice.
Nowdays I use OCaml to do many other things as well, and learning OCaml and functional programming was an enlightening experience.
So, wish you good luck