OCaml without Core useless or not?

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Some time ago I started learning OCaml for improving my code skils. And now I wonder, is it worth to try use OCaml without Core, or it useful only with third party libs?

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You do realize there are other third party libs than Core ? This question is a bit weird, most ocaml programmers don't use core ... - Drup
Yes I realize that. But Batteries and Containers looks more like additional libraries. Meanwhile Core looks like full replacement for standard ocaml library. - grigoriytretyakov

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No it is not useless. Moreover, Core is a library with a very high entrance barrier. So I would personally suggest to learn OCaml without the Core library. And then switch to it, as soon as you start to use OCaml for real life coding.

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You may discover that ocaml has a standard library.

Does Core support windows?