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Arc vs OCaml: What are the differences?

Arc: A dialect of the Lisp programming language developed by Paul Graham and Robert Morris. Arc is designed for exploratory programming: the kind where you decide what to write by writing it. A good medium for exploratory programming is one that makes programs brief and malleable, so that's what we've aimed for. This is a medium for sketching software; OCaml: A general purpose industrial-strength programming language. It is an industrial strength programming language supporting functional, imperative and object-oriented styles. It is the technology of choice in companies where a single mistake can cost millions and speed matters, .

Arc and OCaml can be primarily classified as "Languages" tools.

Helpful, Joola, and jMonkeyEngine are some of the popular companies that use Arc, whereas OCaml is used by Hammer Lab, NG Informática, and Maersk Digital. Arc has a broader approval, being mentioned in 8 company stacks & 25 developers stacks; compared to OCaml, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.

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Pros of Arc
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      Satisfying to write
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      Pattern matching
    • 4
      Also has OOP
    • 4
      Very practical
    • 3
      Easy syntax
    • 3
      Extremely powerful type inference
    • 1
      Efficient compiler

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    Cons of Arc
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      • 3
        Small community
      • 1
        Royal pain in the neck to compile large programs

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      What is Arc?

      Arc is designed for exploratory programming: the kind where you decide what to write by writing it. A good medium for exploratory programming is one that makes programs brief and malleable, so that's what we've aimed for. This is a medium for sketching software.

      What is OCaml?

      It is an industrial strength programming language supporting functional, imperative and object-oriented styles. It is the technology of choice in companies where a single mistake can cost millions and speed matters,

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