Objective Caml is an implementation of the ML language, based on the Caml Light dialect extended with a complete class-based object system and a powerful module system in the style of Standard ML.
Objective Caml 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 essentially any 32 or 64 bit Unix platform. Performance of generated programs is quite good for a bytecoded implementation: almost twice as fast as Caml Light 0.7. This compiler can be used either as a standalone, batch-oriented compiler that produces standalone programs, or as an interactive, toplevel-based 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. It is not available on all arches though.
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| Architecture | Package Size | Installed Size | Files |
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| alpha | 3,789.3 kB | 18139 kB | no current information |
| arm | 3,586.2 kB | 16644 kB | no current information |
| hppa | 2,874.7 kB | 13660 kB | no current information |
| i386 | 3,689.5 kB | 17288 kB | no current information |
| ia64 | 3,932.4 kB | 18808 kB | no current information |
| m68k | 2,824.4 kB | 13512 kB | no current information |
| mips | 2,872.4 kB | 13820 kB | no current information |
| mipsel | 2,871.8 kB | 13820 kB | no current information |
| powerpc | 3,684.9 kB | 16964 kB | no current information |
| s390 | 2,842.4 kB | 13596 kB | no current information |
| sparc | 3,656.5 kB | 17008 kB | no current information |