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Inside Microsoft's New F# Language

Posted by michael on from the e-flat dept.

robyn217 writes "There's a new language being formed in the bowels of Microsoft. Recently I got word that the language F# (pronounced F Sharp) is nearing workable stages at Microsoft Research. So, I went in for a look-see. What I found was an interesting blend of imperative (Java, C#) and functional languages(it's ML-based, too!). It looks pretty enticing to me from a computer science perspective, but I'm not sure it would fly in the professional market. I can see the ease of development that a language loosely based on ML would bring, but I can't see coders switching over in droves since it's a tough learning curve." Our previous story on F#.

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  1. Re:Obviously by somethingwicked · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I bet

    12 joke

    made at my expense

    for such crappy

    post.

    Damn, what's wrong with me? Today that is...

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  3. YOU FAIL IT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YOU FAIL your lame attempt to mock someone else's humor.

  4. anybody thought? by 1seconddelay · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Why is this "Insightful"? by missing000 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This post is totally off topic and full of hateful, xenophobic, and racist rhetoric.
    An insightful mod is totally inappropriate.

  6. Bell Bottoms (aside) by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No one is really certain about the origin of bell bottoms. During the eighteenth century, sailors began wearing very loose trousers, which looked like rather long shorts. Originally, in fact, canvas kilts were worn over breeches. These were often white and made from a very heavy cotton fabric. Long, very wide trousers sometimes appearing to end in a bell made their appearance in our own navy during the early nineteenth century. Like many other staples of nautical fashion, they were probably inspired by the almost universal work fashions of the eighteenth century. Ironically, even though bell bottoms had probably been worn for some time, they did not become regulation in the Royal Navy, the originator of most nautical fashion, until the middle of the nineteenth century. Although the modern version is usually cut with a decided bell, older examples were often just very wide-legged trousers.
    Peter A. Dervis, "Bell Bottom Blues".
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  7. Re:This is all wrong by Kupek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who modded a troll this high?

  8. Re:This is all wrong by tcopeland · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I curse myself for feeding that there troll. I knew I was mistaken to respond.... ah well.

    Tom

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