Reason (programming language)

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Reason
ParadigmsMulti-paradigm: functional, imperative, modular, object-oriented
FamilyML: Caml: OCaml
Designed byJordan Walke
First appearedMay 16, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-05-16)[1]
Stable release
3.11.0[2] Edit this on Wikidata / February 25, 2024; 2 months ago (February 25, 2024)
LicenseMIT
Filename extensions.re, .rei
Websitereasonml.github.io Edit this at Wikidata
Influenced by
OCaml, JavaScript

Reason, also known as ReasonML, is a general-purpose, high-level, multi-paradigm, functional and object-oriented programming language and syntax extension and toolchain for OCaml created by Jordan Walke, who also created the React framework, at Facebook.[3][4] Reason uses many syntax elements from JavaScript, compiles to native code using OCaml's compiler toolchain, and can compile to JavaScript using the ReScript compiler.[5]

The Reason community officially provides ReasonReact as a solution for React-based web applications.[6]

BuckleScript and ReScript[edit]

Reason was originally compiled to JavaScript using the BuckleScript compiler,[7] which was created at Bloomberg L.P.

In 2020, BuckleScript was rebranded to ReScript, essentially creating a separate language that had different syntax from Reason and only compiled to JavaScript.[8]

The ReScript compiler continues to support Reason syntax, and the two languages share that part of the toolchain.

See also[edit]

  • Elm – A functional language that uses an abstraction called ports to communicate with JavaScript
  • PureScript – A strongly-typed, purely-functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Simple, fast & type safe code that leverages the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems: facebook/reason". GitHub. Facebook. 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  2. ^ "Release 3.11.0". 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ "What is ReasonML?". 2ality. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  4. ^ Rauschmayer, Axel (2018). Exploring ReasonML and functional programming. ReasonML Hub. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  5. ^ "Overview: ReScript Documentation". rescript-lang.org. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  6. ^ "ReasonReact". GitHub.
  7. ^ "BuckleScript". bloomberg. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  8. ^ "BuckleScript & Reason Rebranding". rescript-lang. Retrieved 2022-09-11.

External links[edit]

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: OCaml
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