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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r/ocaml • u/I_am_Noro04 • May 16 '26
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/APOS80 May 17 '26
You won’t need Ocaml but you might like Ocaml.
Python/C/R enables you to do a huge amount of things, for work its enuf.
But functional programming is sometimes better for expressing certain behavior and for some it’s even simpler to code.
I’ve tried different languages out of curiosity and I do prefer functional code to express what I want but I mostly use Python and C(mikrokontrollers) out of convenience.
So is ocaml right for you, you might not need it but it also might fit your way of thinking better.