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sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml";

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OCaml developer advocate, 🐫 OCaml.org maintainer, RFC 3339 dating coach, web developer ✨ twitch.tv/sabine_sh github.com/sabine

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sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · Nov 15

ok I made a starter pack specific to OCaml 🐫

it mostly includes people who work on OCaml or with OCaml, but also some people who've been engaging with OCaml or trying OCaml

go.bsky.app/RCGiSqw

if you want to be in this starter pack or get taken out of it, let me know!

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★ @lexa.qexat.com · 12h

I think that I will write tomorrow about binding monads inside continuations, the syntactical frustration we currently have with that in OCaml, and propose a (probably over-engineered) nice-ish working solution that I came up with while working on a function to connect typed lists.

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Noah 🪻 @noahbogart.com · 18h

#ocaml folks, how do you solve the Expression Problem? aka you have a bunch of types and you want to write a new function that operates on those types while allowing the function to be extended as you add new types without modifying the existing function.

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POGtastic @pogtastic.bsky.social · 19h

Can some #OCaml folks tell me how they implement or emulate an interface?

Suppose that I have a bunch of different records, and all of them contain a function `show` that uses an internal type and returns a string. Is there any way to put a bunch of these records into the same data structure?

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sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 21h

most based reasons

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OCaml @ocaml.org · 22h

OCaml.org: Introducing Backstage OCaml - Separate Feeds for Stable and Experimental Features

We're pleased to announce that OCaml.org now has dedicated RSS feeds and pages for stable and experimental announcements, introduced in PR #3278! What's new: * OCaml Changelog at ocaml.org/changelog — Official stable release announcements and updates from the OCaml compiler, OCaml infrastructure, and the OCaml Platform Tools * Backstage OCaml at ocaml.org/backstage — Updates on experimental releases, work-in-progress, and opportunities to contribute to the development of the OCaml Platform and its infrastructure This separation helps keep the main changelog focused on production-ready releases while providing a dedicated space for those interested in experimental work, early testing, and contributing to OCaml's development. Both pages have their own RSS feeds, so you can subscribe to whichever matches your needs—or both! We welcome your feedback as we continue improving OCaml.org.

dlvr.it

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sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 22h

they're not wrong

the only thing that would fit the bill just as well could be OxCaml

sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 22h

oh damn, that one slipped past me 🤣

buuuuut yes, this is the life

sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 22h

nothing wrong with rewriting, honestly - sometimes it's worth it even just for the better understanding of the code and problem space gained

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sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 1d

stay safe out there

A four-panel meme showing different people answering their doors to two people in business suits holding pamphlets. Panel 1: A woman in business casual pointing at two men in suits at her doorway with a camel figurine visible on a shelf behind her. Panel 2: A casual man in a white shirt holding up a camel figurine defensively toward two women at his door. Panel 3: A nervous-looking man in brown clothing clutching a camel figurine while two men in suits stand at his doorway. The caption reads 'OCaml developers when anyone suggests rewriting in Rust' - a programming humor meme where the camel figurine represents the OCaml programming language mascot being used as protection against suggestions to switch programming languages.

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sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 1d

Hey everyone, we're down to 7 PRs.

In particular, that means all of the cookbook PRs waiting for review were addressed and we're now ready to take more cookbook contributions! 🧡🐫

github.com/ocaml/ocaml....

github.com

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sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 1d

big if true

sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 2d

OCaml is low-maintenance, I'm high maintenance

it all cancels out

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Pieter Claerhout @yellowduck.be · 2d

🔗 My OCaml-flavoured Elixir style

#ElixirLang #pattern #reading-list

My OCaml-flavoured Elixir style

#ElixirLang #pattern #reading-list

www.yellowduck.be

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sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 2d

I think, since the questions weren't exactly the same and not presented in the same context, it's comparing apples to oranges

but regardless impressive and it's interesting to dig through the surveys

sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 2d

I'm 99.93% sure this is all entirely made up

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sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh · 2d

I didn't even know this existed, but this is a cool interactive notebook thingy built with (and supporting) ReasonML:

discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-sketch...

[ANN] Sketch.sh now supports OCaml 5.3.0

The interactive OCaml sketchbook sketch.sh has added support for OCaml 5.3.0. Support for 5.3.0 Storing and running sketches using the compiler version 5.3.0 is now possible, this functionality has b...

discuss.ocaml.org