Reason: JavaScript-flavored OCaml

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Reason claims practical adoption first: familiar C-like syntax, BuckleScript compiles to JS and performs inlining optimizations, and tooling sticks to npm plus a reformat from Prettier-style formatter. JavaScript interop offers a quick dump-in mode and a typed route via the externals API for Firebase, while the language keeps immutability by default with optional mutability for tight loops and native compilation for servers. Several teams ship React Native apps in the App Store, but larger organizations face churn and are advised to wait.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:09Why Reason?
3. 8:19Reason's syntactic evolution
4. 13:13Raw JavaScript
5. 16:11Documentation
6. 18:54Multi-platform

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