Comment on Real World OCamlparentComments−dllthomas12yOCaml doesn't have typeclasses, does it? It's been a while since I've used it, so things may've changed or my memory may be failing...−colanderman12yIt now has first-order modules, which can be used to accomplish almost the same thing. The biggest difference is first-order modules are explicit while typeclasses are implicit. Whether this is a good or bad thing is up for debate.−dllthomas12yIt had first order modules when I was using it, but people may well have found uses for them that make the comparison more apparent.
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OCaml doesn't have typeclasses, does it? It's been a while since I've used it, so things may've changed or my memory may be failing...
It now has first-order modules, which can be used to accomplish almost the same thing. The biggest difference is first-order modules are explicit while typeclasses are implicit. Whether this is a good or bad thing is up for debate.
It had first order modules when I was using it, but people may well have found uses for them that make the comparison more apparent.