> If that bothers you, you shouldn't be learning ocaml.
That's not what OCaml is like, at all. You clearly hate it, for whatever reason. Fine, have it your way. But popularity contests on SO are not an argument and they explain nothing.
If we're talking about "real applications" it absolutely matters. Almost nobody is writing "real applications" with ocaml, overwhelmingly so. That at least suggests there's great reasons why not. Anyone asking about the practicality of the language needs to know that basic fact.
That's not what OCaml is like, at all. You clearly hate it, for whatever reason. Fine, have it your way. But popularity contests on SO are not an argument and they explain nothing.