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{{Infobox programming language

| name = Reason

| logo =

| released = {{Start date and age|2016|5|16}}<ref>{{Citation
|title = Simple, fast & type safe code that leverages the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems: facebook/reason|date=2019-03-23
|url = https://github.com/facebook/reason
|publisher = Facebook
|access-date = 2019-03-23
}}</ref>

| latest release version = 3.5.0

| latest release date = July 15, 2019

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'''Reason''', also known as '''ReasonML''', is a [[syntax (programming languages)|syntax]] extension and [[toolchain]] for [[OCaml]] created by Jordan Walke at [[Facebook]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://2ality.com/2017/11/about-reasonml.html|title=What is ReasonML?|website=2ality|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref> Reason offers a syntax familiar to [[JavaScript]] programmers, and [[transpileSource-to-source compiler|transpiles]]s to OCaml.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@boltmick1/one-week-with-reasonml-890697bb924a|title=One week with ReasonML|last=Gopher|first=Stupid|date=2018-11-12|website=Medium|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref> Statically typed Reason (or OCaml) code may be compiled to dynamically typed [[JavaScript]] using the ''BuckleScript'' compiler.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bucklescript.github.io/index.html|title=What & Why BuckleScript|website=bucklescript.github.io|language=en|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref>

The Reason community officially provides ReasonReact as a solution for [[React (web framework)|React]] based web applications.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://reasonml.github.io/reason-react/en/ |title=ReasonReact |website=[[GitHub]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dev.to/iwilsonq/reasonml-with-react-hooks-tutorial-building-a-pomodoro-timer-57h0 |title=ReasonML with React Hooks Tutorial — Building a Pomodoro Timer |date=2019-04-15 |first=Ian |last=Wilson}}</ref>

== See also ==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[Elm (programming language)|Elm]],: a functional language that uses an abstraction called ports to communicate with JavaScript

* [[PureScript]]: a strongly-typed, purely-functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript

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== External links ==

{{wikibooks|OCaml}}

* [https://reasonml.github.io/ Official website]