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  8. ocaml: ocaml (A functional programming language)
  9. ocaml:
  10. ocaml: Caml is a general-purpose programming language, designed with program
  11. ocaml: safety and reliability in mind. It is very expressive, yet easy to
  12. ocaml: learn and use. Caml supports functional, imperative, and
  13. ocaml: object-oriented programming styles. The Objective Caml system is the
  14. ocaml: main implementation of the Caml language. It features a powerful
  15. ocaml: module system and a full-fledged object-oriented layer. It comes with
  16. ocaml: a native-code compiler that supports numerous architectures, for high
  17. ocaml: performance; a bytecode compiler, for increased portability; and an
  18. ocaml: interactive loop, for experimentation and rapid development.