I’m late to this party but let me say that you can have it both ways with OCaml since compile times are insanely fast and you can experience the joy of proper testing blog.janestreet.com/the-joy-…
I noticed two completely different ways of programming: 1. Write some small code, run, see the result, adjust, repeat for hours. 2. Sit for hours writing code, modelling with types, writing tests, then spend minutes fixing what you’ve got wrong. Turns out, this deeply influences the technology, programming languages and frameworks you prefer.

Jun 15, 2025 · 6:57 AM UTC

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