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Reader FeedbackAfter last week's post on Jane Street (now the most popular Diff post of all time!), I got lots of comments, publicly and privately, on the question of whether their use of Ocaml is a brilliant move, a perverse decision, actually insignificant, etc. One of my favorites, a comment from Levi Ramsey:
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