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Haskell vs OCaml: What are the differences?
Developers describe Haskell as "An advanced purely-functional programming language". . On the other hand, OCaml is detailed as "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, .
Haskell and OCaml can be categorized as "Languages" tools.
thoughtbot, Wagon, and CentralApp are some of the popular companies that use Haskell, whereas OCaml is used by Hammer Lab, NG Informática, and Maersk Digital. Haskell has a broader approval, being mentioned in 47 company stacks & 337 developers stacks; compared to OCaml, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
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Learn MorePros of Haskell
Pros of OCaml
Pros of Haskell
- Purely-functional programming89
- Statically typed66
- Type-safe59
- Open source39
- Great community38
- Built-in concurrency30
- Composable29
- Built-in parallelism29
- Referentially transparent23
- Generics19
- Intellectual satisfaction14
- Type inference14
- If it compiles, it's correct11
- Flexible7
- Monads7
- Proposition testing with QuickCheck4
- Great type system4
- Purely-functional Programming3
- One of the most powerful languages *(see blub paradox)*3
- Highly expressive, type-safe, fast development time2
- Reliable2
- Kind system2
- Pattern matching and completeness checking2
- Better type-safe than sorry2
- Type classes2
- Great maintainability of the code2
- Fun2
- Best in class thinking tool2
- Orthogonality0
- Predictable0
Pros of OCaml
- Satisfying to write5
- Pattern matching4
- Also has OOP3
- Easy syntax3
- Very practical3
- Extremely powerful type inference3
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Cons of Haskell
Cons of OCaml
Cons of Haskell
- Error messages can be very confusing8
- Too much distraction in language extensions8
- Libraries have poor documentation4
- No best practices3
- No good ABI3
- Sometimes performance is unpredictable2
- Poor packaging for apps written in it for Linux distros2
- Slow compilation1
Cons of OCaml
- Small community3
- Royal pain in the neck to compile large programs1
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What is Haskell?
It is a general purpose language that can be used in any domain and use case, it is ideally suited for proprietary business logic and data analysis, fast prototyping and enhancing existing software environments with correct code, performance and scalability.
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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What are some alternatives to Haskell and OCaml?
Scala
Scala is an acronym for “Scalable Language”. This means that Scala grows with you. You can play with it by typing one-line expressions and observing the results. But you can also rely on it for large mission critical systems, as many companies, including Twitter, LinkedIn, or Intel do. To some, Scala feels like a scripting language. Its syntax is concise and low ceremony; its types get out of the way because the compiler can infer them.
Clojure
Clojure is designed to be a general-purpose language, combining the approachability and interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for multithreaded programming. Clojure is a compiled language - it compiles directly to JVM bytecode, yet remains completely dynamic. Clojure is a dialect of Lisp, and shares with Lisp the code-as-data philosophy and a powerful macro system.
Erlang
Some of Erlang's uses are in telecoms, banking, e-commerce, computer telephony and instant messaging. Erlang's runtime system has built-in support for concurrency, distribution and fault tolerance. OTP is set of Erlang libraries and design principles providing middle-ware to develop these systems.
Rust
Rust is a systems programming language that combines strong compile-time correctness guarantees with fast performance. It improves upon the ideas of other systems languages like C++ by providing guaranteed memory safety (no crashes, no data races) and complete control over the lifecycle of memory.
Python
Python is a general purpose programming language created by Guido Van Rossum. Python is most praised for its elegant syntax and readable code, if you are just beginning your programming career python suits you best.