01 May 2024 - Tarides
The OCaml Planet
We Host Our First OCaml Retreat in India!
Hacking retreats are great ways for programmers to connect, explore new ideas, and learn from each other. One of the most popular OCaml…
Fixing and Optimizing the GnuCOBOL Preprocessor
In this post, I will present some work that we did on the GnuCOBOL compiler, the only fully-mature open-source compiler for COBOL. It all started with a bug issued by one of our customers that we fixed by improving the preprocessing pass of the compiler. We later went on and optimised it to get bett...
30 Apr 2024 - OCamlPro
OCaml Backtraces on Uncaught Exceptions
Uncaught exception: Not_found This blog post probably won't teach anything new to OCaml veterans; but for the others, you might be glad to learn that this very basic, yet surprisingly little-known feature of OCaml will give you backtraces with source file positions on any uncaught exception. Since i...
25 Apr 2024 - OCamlPro
Under the Hood: Developing Multicore Property-Based Tests for OCaml 5
In 2022, Multicore OCaml became reality. Programming on multiple threads brings new possibilities, but also new complexities. In order to…
24 Apr 2024 - Tarides
Creating the SyntaxDocumentation Command - Part 1: Merlin
OCaml development has never been more enchanting, thanks to Merlin – the wizard of the editor realm. The magic of Merlin is something that…
17 Apr 2024 - Tarides
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