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Learning OCaml: Having Fun with the Fun Module

When I started to play with OCaml I was kind of surprised that there was no id (identity) function that was available out-of-box (in Stdlib module, that’s auto-opened). A quick search led me to the Fun module, which is part of the standard library and is nested under Stdlib.

19 Jul 2025

Bozhidar Batsov

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OCaml’s Standard Library (`Stdlib`)

Every programming language comes with some “batteries” included - mostly in the form of its standard library. That’s typically all of the functionality that’s available out-of-the-box, without the need to install additional libraries.

14 Mar 2025

Bozhidar Batsov

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