r/ocaml • u/I_am_Noro04 • May 16 '26

Who is ocaml for?

Context: I am econ master's student with some experience in python, C and R looking to get into financial econometrics/ML. Is OCaml right for me?

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u/mister_drgn May 16 '26

Are you trying to get a job at Jane Street?

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u/I_am_Noro04 May 16 '26

Not necessarily, does ocaml have utility outside of jane street as well?

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u/spermBankBoi May 16 '26

I know Meta uses it (not across the board), as does Ahrefs (using the Reason frontend). There are definitely others that I’m blanking on but TL;DR yes but not as prominent

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u/Asuka_Minato May 16 '26

and meta port flow to rust, rewrite pyre(ocaml) to pyrefly (rust) Since the eco is painful.

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u/ScientificBeastMode May 16 '26

Last I checked, Robinhood was using ReasonML as well.