Re: [Caml-list] ReasonML concrete syntax

[Yawar Amin <yawar.amin@gmail.com>]

Hi Viet,

> On Dec 11, 2017, at 11:47, Viet Le <vietlq85@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mozilla has marketing budget and people behind Rust have build very active community with weekly newsletter and know how to market. OCaml is mostly used by academia and some industry players, and marketing is not being emphasized.

You need to have something to market. One of the things the Rust community markets is their familiar C-like syntax. Also, I think it’s a stretch to say that Mozilla has a Rust-dedicated marketing budget. Their Rust budget is most likely taken up by infrastructure and devops.

> ReasonML is not gaining because of syntax, it's because of huge marketing effort and easy to follow tutorials and examples and catchy websites.

Like I said, syntax is one of the things the Reason team is marketing heavily and it’s a big selling point. They’re not magically generating buzz just because they’re throwing a lot of blog posts out there and seeing what sticks.

I agree with you that syntax is not the only factor in a language’s popularity. But it is a significant factor. The fact that people here are discussing syntax proves that.

Regards,

Yawar