I'm pretty disappointed with the way this has unfolded.
For those now familiar with ReScript, ReScript started as "reason" an alternative syntax for Ocaml. Recently ReScript was created with a sytnax more similar to TypeScript than "Reason". In addition, there is a fork of OCaml for compiling to javascript that used to be branded as "Bucklescript", but now it is called "ReScript" as well.
So now as of 12/14/2020 there are three Ocaml syntax versions in use:
Ocaml,
Reason (Reason 3.6, last version available for native code)
ReScript, (~Reason 4, only available for javascript compiler fork, some sytax present in Ocaml/Reason has actually been removed with no equivilant in the grammar)
I am not sure who benefits from this, Ocaml is a serious language that will never be as simple as a dynamically typed language. I am not sure who this is supposed to be helping. It seems to me that things were more clear a year ago when there were just two syntaxes available. In addition, it now takes a relative subject matter expert to disipher what is going on, which i think is the exact outcome ReScript was trying to avoid.
For those now familiar with ReScript, ReScript started as "reason" an alternative syntax for Ocaml. Recently ReScript was created with a sytnax more similar to TypeScript than "Reason". In addition, there is a fork of OCaml for compiling to javascript that used to be branded as "Bucklescript", but now it is called "ReScript" as well.
So now as of 12/14/2020 there are three Ocaml syntax versions in use:
Ocaml, Reason (Reason 3.6, last version available for native code) ReScript, (~Reason 4, only available for javascript compiler fork, some sytax present in Ocaml/Reason has actually been removed with no equivilant in the grammar)
I am not sure who benefits from this, Ocaml is a serious language that will never be as simple as a dynamically typed language. I am not sure who this is supposed to be helping. It seems to me that things were more clear a year ago when there were just two syntaxes available. In addition, it now takes a relative subject matter expert to disipher what is going on, which i think is the exact outcome ReScript was trying to avoid.