OCaml Alternatives

OCaml is described as 'Industrial strength programming language supporting functional, imperative and object-oriented styles' and is a programming language in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to OCaml for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Web-based apps. The best OCaml alternative is C (programming language), which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OCaml are C++, Rust, Haskell and D (Programming Language).

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  1. HolyC icon
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    HolyC is very similar to regular C, so it's a very simple but powerful language. It was used to make all of TempleOS, so it definitely works to make programs.

    59 HolyC alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Wolfram Language is a symbolic language, deliberately designed with the breadth and unity needed to develop powerful programs quickly. By integrating high-level forms—like Image, GeoPolygon or Molecule—along with advanced superfunctions—such as ImageIdentify or...

    118 Wolfram Language alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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    Unison is a statically-typed functional language with type inference, an effect system, and advanced tooling. It is based around a big idea of content-addressed code, in which function are identified by a hash of their implementation rather than by name, and code is stored as...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Hare is a systems programming language designed to be simple, stable, and robust. Hare uses a static type system, manual memory management, and a minimal runtime. It is well-suited to writing operating systems, system tools, compilers, networking software, and other low-level...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Mac
     
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    Object Pascal is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented, component-based general purpose programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • AROS
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
     
    • Object Pascal is the most popular iPhone alternative to OCaml.

    • Object Pascal is Free and Open SourceOCaml is also Free and Open Source
  6. Mussel icon
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    Mussel is an interpreted programming language written in Rust. It was designed as a simple and flexible language with a focus on easy-to-read syntax and powerful expression evaluation. Mussel supports basic data types, variable bindings, functions, closures, control flow...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Rust
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Pike is a dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to Java and C. It is simple to learn, does not require long compilation passes and has powerful built-in data types allowing simple and really fast data manipulation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Nelua icon
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    Nelua is a systems programming language for performance sensitive applications, like real-time applications and game engines. Its syntax and semantics are similar to Lua, but its garbage collection is optional, it provides optional type notations, and it is free from an...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. F* icon
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    F* is an ML-like functional programming language aimed at program verification. F* can express precise specifications for programs, including functional correctness properties. Programs written in F* can be translated to OCaml or F# for execution.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  10. Odin icon
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    The Odin programming language is fast, concise, readable, pragmatic and open sourced. It is designed with the intent of replacing C with the following goals:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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