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A solution to the ppx versioning problem

Ppx is a preprocessing system for OCaml where one maps over the OCaml abstractsyntax tree (AST) to interpret some special syntax fragments to generate code.

08 Nov 2016

Jane Street Tech Blog

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Implementing type-classes as OCaml modules

Implementing type-classes as OCaml modules Modular type classes We revisit the idea of type-classe...

29 Oct 2016

Shayne Fletcher

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Observations of a functional programmer

I was recently invited to do the keynote at the Commercial Users of FunctionalProgramming workshop, a 15-year-old gathering which isattached to ICFP, the pri...

27 Oct 2016

Jane Street Tech Blog

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Haskell type-classes in OCaml and C++

Haskell type-classes in OCaml and C++ This article examines the emulation of Haskell like type-classes...

26 Oct 2016

Shayne Fletcher

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Monty Hall

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors : Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a d...

12 Oct 2016

Shayne Fletcher

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Conversion operations of the lambda-calculus

Conversion Abstract This note provides a super lightweight explanation of the three conversion ...

05 Oct 2016

Shayne Fletcher

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