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=== ⚠️ CAUTION
The developer team released OCaml 5.0.0 in December 2022. This release sports a
full rewrite of its runtime system for shared-memory parallel programming using
domains and native support for concurrent programming using effect handlers.
Owing to the large number of changes, the initial 5.0 release is more
experimental than usual. It is recommended that all users wanting a stable
release use the 4.14 release which will continue to be supported and updated
while 5.x reaches feature and stability parity. Similarly, if you need one of
the ports not yet supported in the 5.0 release you must use the 4.14 release.
The initial release of OCaml 5.0 only supports the native compiler under ARM64
and x86-64 architectures under Linux, macOS and the BSDs. On Windows, only the
MinGW-w64 port is supported. Support for other 64-bit architectures and
systems will be added back in later releases. On 32-bit systems, only the
bytecode compiler will be supported.
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| Branch `trunk` | Branch `5.1` | Branch `5.0` | Branch `4.14`
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|=====
= README =
== Overview
OCaml is a functional, statically-typed programming language from the
ML family, offering a powerful module system extending that of
Standard ML and a feature-rich, class-based object system.
OCaml comprises two compilers. One generates bytecode which is then
interpreted by a C program. This compiler runs quickly, generates
compact code with moderate memory requirements, and is portable to
many 32 or 64 bit platforms. Performance of generated programs is
quite good for a bytecoded implementation. This compiler can be used
either as a standalone, batch-oriented compiler that produces
standalone programs, or as an interactive REPL system.
The other compiler generates high-performance native code for a number of
processors. Compilation takes longer and generates bigger code, but the
generated programs deliver excellent performance, while retaining the
moderate memory requirements of the bytecode compiler. The native-code
compiler currently runs on the following platforms:
|====
| | Tier 1 (actively maintained) | Tier 2 (maintained when possible)
| x86 64 bits | Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD | NetBSD, OpenBSD
| ARM 64 bits | Linux, macOS | FreeBSD
| Power 64 bits | Linux |
| RISC-V 64 bits | Linux |
| IBM Z (s390x) | Linux |
|====
Other operating systems for the processors above have not been tested, but
the compiler may work under other operating systems with little work.
== Copyright
All files marked "Copyright INRIA" in this distribution are
Copyright (C) 1996-2022 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et
en Automatique (INRIA) and distributed under the conditions stated in
file LICENSE.
== Installation
See the file link:INSTALL.adoc[] for installation instructions on
machines running Unix, Linux, macOS, WSL and Cygwin. For native Microsoft
Windows, see link:README.win32.adoc[].
== Documentation
The OCaml manual is distributed in HTML, PDF, and Emacs
Info files. It is available at
https://ocaml.org/releases/latest/manual.html
== Availability
The complete OCaml distribution can be accessed at
https://ocaml.org/docs/install.html
== Keeping in Touch with the Caml Community
There is an active and friendly discussion forum at
https://discuss.ocaml.org/
The OCaml mailing list is the longest-running forum for OCaml users.
You can email it at
mailto:caml-list@inria.fr[]
You can subscribe and access list archives via the Web interface at
https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/subscribe/caml-list
An alternative archive of the mailing list is also available at
https://inbox.ocaml.org/
There also exist other mailing lists, chat channels, and various other forums
around the internet for getting in touch with the OCaml and ML family language
community. These can be accessed at
https://ocaml.org/community/
In particular, the IRC channel `#ocaml` on https://libera.chat/[Libera] has a
long history and welcomes questions.
== Bug Reports and User Feedback
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at
https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/issues
To be effective, bug reports should include a complete program (preferably
small) that exhibits the unexpected behavior, and the configuration you are
using (machine type, etc).
For information on contributing to OCaml, see link:HACKING.adoc[] and
link:CONTRIBUTING.md[].
== Separately maintained components
Some libraries and tools which used to be part of the OCaml distribution are
now maintained separately. Please use the issue trackers at their respective
new homes:
- https://github.com/ocaml/camlp-streams/issues[The Stream and Genlex standard library modules] (removed in OCaml 5.0)
- https://github.com/ocaml/graphics/issues[The Graphics library] (removed in OCaml 4.09)
- https://github.com/ocaml/num/issues[The Num library] (removed in OCaml 4.06)
- https://github.com/ocaml/ocamlbuild/issues[The OCamlbuild tool] (removed in OCaml 4.03)
- https://github.com/camlp4/camlp4/issues[The camlp4 tool] (removed in OCaml 4.02)
- https://github.com/garrigue/labltk/issues[The LablTk library] (removed in OCaml 4.02)
- https://github.com/ocaml/dbm/issues[The CamlDBM library] (removed in OCaml 4.00)
- https://github.com/xavierleroy/ocamltopwin/issues[The OCamlWinTop Windows toplevel] (removed in OCaml 4.00)
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