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Caml Trading

Yaron Minsky · talk · Watch on YouTube

Functional programmingTech industry & business models

What it is

Yaron Minsky explains how Jane Street moved from mainstream languages to developing almost entirely in OCaml. He covers trading systems, research infrastructure, tooling and hiring.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as evidence for OCaml's readability benefits and for hiring in less popular languages.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “People who are nervous about hiring people in a relatively unpopular language should watch this video[1]”

    Minsky on hiring for a relatively unpopular language, at 1:01:00.

    gnuvince, 2013-09 · Recommendation · in “Where my mouth is”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ocaml, jane street, functional programming, trading systems, hiring

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