ReasonML with Phoenix?

[peerreynders]

@OvermindDL1

A quick example between the two, here is a function in OCaml:

let doStuff a b =
  let c = a * 2 in
  let d = c + b in
  d * 4

And in reason:

let doStuff a b => {
  let c = a * 2;
  let d = c + b;
  d * 4
}

It is not a big difference between them, just I find ReasonML more verbose.

Verbosity aside - I think there is also a failure to communicate. In the C-family of languages “the stuff between braces” are statements. In Reason the braces have been repurposed for as “begin”/“end” tokens. But as a result of previous familiarity with the C-family of languages this way of using braces is going to delay viewing everything as an expression.