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Statmemprof, a statistical memory profiler for OCaml, is now compatible with OCaml 5! Discover the technical background to the return of the feature.
A couple of days ago I noticed on OCaml’s Discord server that someone was confused by OCaml function applications (invocations) like these:
More features for ocaml-lsp that enhance productivity when writing OCaml.
I’ve noticed that some newcomers to OCaml are a bit confused by code like the following:
When people think of OCaml they are usually thinking of compiling code to a binary before they are able to run it. While most OCaml code is indeed compiled to binaries, you don’t really need to do this, especially while you’re learning the language and are mostly playing with small exercises.
Rewriting the Slipshow engine from JavaScript to OCaml allowed me to fix an embarassing set of bugs, in an elegant way. This is the story of it!