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@ -140,26 +140,27 @@ unikernel, the TCP/IP stack natively implemented in OCaml is being used.
A MirageOS developer does not need to reason about compilation targets, just about the A MirageOS developer does not need to reason about compilation targets, just about the
module interface. module interface.
### Security reviews ### Semantics and security
TODO: OCaml runtime vom franz. BSI reviewed, solo5 noch kein wirkliches review Parts of the semantics of the OCaml language have been
[formalized](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~so294/ocaml/) and its soundness has been
proven in a mechanized way.
The OCaml runtime system has been reviewed regarding its security by the National Cybersecurity Agency of France, the [report](http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/agence/publication/lafosec-securite-et-langages-fonctionnels/) influenced some language changes, one of them is that strings are no longer mutable.
### Modern dialects and compile targets ### Modern dialects and compile targets
OCaml is known as a mature programming language that is used in both OCaml is a mature programming language that is used both in
industry (facebook for compilers, jane street for trading, docker, ahrefs, industry (Facebook, Jane Street Capital, Docker, ahrefs,
simcorp, lexifi) and academia (coq, compcert). simcorp, lexifi) and academia (the [Coq proof assistant](https://coq.inria.fr/), the formally verified optimizing C compiler [compcert](http://compcert.inria.fr/)).
In 2016, Facebook developed [reason](https://reasonml.github.io/), a dialect of In 2016, Facebook developed [reason](https://reasonml.github.io/), a dialect of
OCaml which syntax is closer to JavaScript, and easier to comprehend for OCaml which syntax is closer to JavaScript, and easier to comprehend for
beginners. Reason and OCaml code can be easily combined in a single beginners. Reason and OCaml code can be easily combined in a single
application, since the same compiler is used. application, since the same compiler is used.
Links: More literature on why OCaml is a good choice in the modern world has been
- [OCaml for the masses](http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2038036) written by Yaron Minsky (Jane Street) in the article [OCaml for the masses](http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2038036), and more recently by the crypto-ledger [tezos](https://www.tezos.com/static/papers/position_paper.pdf).
- [Why OCaml (from realworldocaml)](https://realworldocaml.org/v1/en/html/prologue.html)
- [Replacing Python with OCaml in 0install](http://roscidus.com/blog/blog/2013/06/09/choosing-a-python-replacement-for-0install/)
- [Why tezos uses OCaml](https://www.tezos.com/static/papers/position_paper.pdf)
## Current state and future directions ## Current state and future directions