Reason (programming language)
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| Designed by | Jordan Walke |
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| First appeared | May 16, 2016[1] |
| License | MIT License |
| Filename extensions | .re, .rei |
| Website | {{{1}}} |
Reason, also known as ReasonML, is a syntax extension and toolchain for OCaml created by Jordan Walke, who also created the React framework, at Facebook.[2] Reason offers a syntax familiar to JavaScript programmers, and compiles to native code using OCaml's compiler toolchain. Reason code may also be compiled to JavaScript using the ReScript compiler.[3]
The Reason community officially provides ReasonReact as a solution for React-based web applications.[4]
BuckleScript and ReScript
Reason was originally compiled to JavaScript using the BuckleScript compiler,[5] 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.[6]
The ReScript compiler continues to support Reason syntax, and the two languages share that part of the toolchain.
See also
- 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
- ↑ Simple, fast & type safe code that leverages the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems: facebook/reason, Facebook, 2019-03-23, https://github.com/facebook/reason, retrieved 2019-03-23
- ↑ "What is ReasonML?". http://2ality.com/2017/11/about-reasonml.html.
- ↑ "Overview | ReScript Documentation" (in en). https://rescript-lang.org.
- ↑ "ReasonReact". https://reasonml.github.io/reason-react/en/.
- ↑ "BuckleScript". https://www.bloomberg.com/company/press/open-source-at-bloomberg-introducing-bucklescript/.
- ↑ "BuckleScript & Reason Rebranding". https://rescript-lang.org/blog/bucklescript-is-rebranding.
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