What is this?
Reason is a programming language for writing simple, fast, type-safe code while leveraging both the JavaScript and OCaml ecosystems.
Reason is a programming language for writing simple, fast, type-safe code while leveraging both the JavaScript and OCaml ecosystems.Is this a language I write in, or a library I add to my project?It is a full programming language, not a library: this repo contains the language itself and its toolchain, and the codebase is written in OCaml.
It is a full programming language, not a library: this repo contains the language itself and its toolchain, and the codebase is written in OCaml.How do I get started with it?Reason's user docs, including the Getting Started guide, live online at reasonml.github.io; the repo's own README is aimed mostly at contributors.
Reason's user docs, including the Getting Started guide, live online at reasonml.github.io; the repo's own README is aimed mostly at contributors.Do I need OCaml tools like OPAM installed?For building or hacking on Reason itself, yes — the setup instructions use the OPAM toolchain, and CI also exercises esy and nix builds.
For building or hacking on Reason itself, yes — the setup instructions use the OPAM toolchain, and CI also exercises esy and nix builds.Where does Reason code run — browser, server, native?Both worlds: it leverages the JavaScript ecosystem (the web) as well as the OCaml ecosystem (native), so Reason code is not tied to a single runtime.
Both worlds: it leverages the JavaScript ecosystem (the web) as well as the OCaml ecosystem (native), so Reason code is not tied to a single runtime.Is there anything unusual about the license?Reason is MIT-licensed, but anything forked from other projects keeps its original license — check LICENSE.txt before reusing code.
Reason is MIT-licensed, but anything forked from other projects keeps its original license — check LICENSE.txt before reusing code.What is refmt?Reason's source formatter. Its repo structure was copied from whitequark's m17n project, including the parts of the README explaining use with the OPAM toolchain.
Reason's source formatter. Its repo structure was copied from whitequark's m17n project, including the parts of the README explaining use with the OPAM toolchain.How mature is the Reason project?It has been on GitHub since November 2015, has around 10,300 stars, is not archived, and has CI workflows building it via esy, nix and opam.
It has been on GitHub since November 2015, has around 10,300 stars, is not archived, and has CI workflows building it via esy, nix and opam.What are similar projects?morloc, crystal, scala, TypeScript, tsrx, milewski-ctfp-pdf, elixir, gleam
morloc, crystal, scala, TypeScript, tsrx, milewski-ctfp-pdf, elixir, gleamWhich topics is it in?type-system, nix, language, functional-programming, programming-language, compiler, programming, cli-tool, web-development, tool, javascript, web
type-system, nix, language, functional-programming, programming-language, compiler, programming, cli-tool, web-development, tool, javascript, web