Incremental – A library for incremental computations
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Jane Street's incremental computation library, highly technical and actionable for functional programming and data engineering.
Summary
Jane Street's Incremental library enables building complex computations that update efficiently when inputs change, inspired by Umut Acar's self-adjusting computations. It supports reactive data pipelines, GUI view updates, and derived data synchronization, with OCaml bindings and detailed documentation in the repository. The library targets applications like spreadsheet-like calculations and filtering or inverting mappings while guaranteeing consistency.
Author
janestreet