Caml
Caml (originally an acronym for Categorical Abstract Machine Language) is a multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language which is a dialect of the ML programming language family. Caml was developed in France at French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) and École normale supérieure (Paris) (ENS).
| Paradigm | Multi-paradigm: functional, imperative |
|---|---|
| Family | ML |
| Designed by | Gérard Huet, Guy Cousineau, Ascánder Suárez, Pierre Weis, Michel Mauny (Heavy Caml), Xavier Leroy (Caml Light) |
| Developer | INRIA, ENS |
| First appeared | 1985 |
| Stable release | 0.75
/ January 26, 2002 |
| Typing discipline | inferred, static, strong |
| Memory management | automatic |
| OS | Cross-platform: Unix, Linux, macOS; Windows |
| License | QPL 1, LGPL 2 (Caml Light) |
| Website | caml |
| Influenced by | |
| ML | |
| Influenced | |
| OCaml | |
Caml is statically typed, strictly evaluated, and uses automatic memory management. OCaml, the main descendant of Caml, adds many features to the language, including an object-oriented programming (object) layer.
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