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 INRIA and ENS.

Caml
ParadigmMulti-paradigm: functional, imperative
FamilyML
Designed byGérard Huet, Guy Cousineau, Ascánder Suárez, Pierre Weis, Michel Mauny (Heavy Caml), Xavier Leroy (Caml Light)
First appeared1985
Stable release
0.75 / January 26, 2002 (2002-01-26)
Typing disciplineInferred, static, strong
OSCross-platform
Websitecaml.inria.fr
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 layer.

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