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X# Functional Programming from Microsoft?

Posted by timothy on from the rumor-pile dept.

TheSync writes "SearchWebServices.Com has an article claiming that Microsoft is working on a functional language named 'X#'. The language is supposed to be data-oriented and LISP-like, but set up to handle XML."

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  1. What good are functional languages? by gangien · · Score: 0, Troll

    I mean, take scheme for instance, we've used it in college to to parse lists and stuff. which is all well and good, but can Scheme or LISP be used for any real development? Not to mention any program you can make, can easily be ported to C++, but of course being in college around professors, C++ is the root of all evil heh

    (define (troll? usr)
    (cond
    [(> (user-int usr) 15) false]
    [else true]))