> except the Ocaml module system is nice to use

This comment doesn't lead me to believe you've ever worked in an ocaml shop. It's only "nice to use" for trivial use cases, but quickly devolves into a "functorial" mess in practice

> the Ocaml community was always very different with a general dislike of overly fancy things when they were not unavoidable

This is the exact thing that people always say when they are coping about their language being underpowered.