I am reminded again of the old joke about the differences in technology culture on both sides of the Atlantic ocean: the left side always pushes against you with “I see that the theory seems sound, but how does it hold up in practice?” and the right side retorts with “I see that it seems to work in practice, but is the theory really sound?”
Being personally torn apart by both sides of the Atlantic cultural divide, this is endlessly amusing to me. On the whole, my impression is that the OCaml community really does manage to straddle the divide exceedingly well. Compared to others, which I will not name out of politeness.