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0 pointsccapndave5y ago0 comments

Basically Bucklescript have forked their own (very similar) syntax from ReasonML and branded the whole syntax + Bucklescript + compiler package as ReScript. I suppose the goal is to eliminate the confusion of having so many moving parts and unify them all under a single ReScript brand.

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orra5y ago

Thanks. I guess the thing I didn't understand was where this leaves Reason: what is left under the Reason banner? But a fork would explain the overlap.

yawaramin5y ago

Lots of things are under the Reason banner:

- The Reason syntax at https://github.com/facebook/reason

- Esy, the npm-like Opam-compatible package manager at https://esy.sh/

- Reason native tooling in https://reason-native.com/

- Not forgetting that Dune and Odoc, two standard tools in the OCaml ecosystem, both support Reason syntax.

EDIT: and I forgot about the various editor plugins which provide Reason support, the most well-known is probably https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jaredly....

ccapndaveOP5y ago

Reason is still an alternative syntax to OCaml for native development, although I have no idea how many people actually use it for that.

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