OCaml Intro: You can have it all: Object-Oriented, Imperative, and Functional

YAPL

So why take the time to delve into yet another programming language? I find at worst, one can expands one’s knowledge of existing programming paradigms by studying the language design choices of other languages not used on a daily-basis. Best case, one discovers a new language that is rich in expression and productivity; thereby refining the productivity of the user.

OCaml

So, I tripped over this programming language in a rather random and circuitous path. I was watching a super-cool video visualizing how the Fourier Transform integral is constructed (by 3Blue1Brown). At the end of the video, the sponsor was a well-known, prestigious wall-street boutique, Jane Street, famous for hiring the best of the best in mathematics and computer science. So, naturally, I thought I’d take a closer peek at their website and discovered that they were big sponsors in OCaml as it underlies their trading and production environments. And down the rabbit hole I went.