[clue-talk] Stupid OCaml tricks

[Matt Gushee]

Dennis J Perkins wrote:

>> During my presentation last week, Dennis asked something along the lines 
>> of "what makes OCaml a better language for you?" Can't recall the exact 
>> words, but I believe that was the gist of it. I don't think I answered 
>> the question very well, so let me give y'all an example that might give 
>> you a better idea.
> 
> My question was, "How does OCaml make something complex simple?"
> Maybe a better question is how does it simplify somthing that is hard to
> do in other languages?

Oh, yeah, I remember that now. It's a good question, and there's 
probably a good answer to it, but ... I don't know. I can't think about 
it anymore just now. And whatever I say, somebody will probably point 
out how wrong I am ... getting harder and harder to believe I am right 
about anything, so I think I'll just shut the fuck up and go die somewhere.

Sorry, I know you're sincerely interested and deserve a good answer. I 
am just fucked up and everything I try to do just makes it worse.

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