Inside Microsoft's New F# Language

Posted by michael on Friday May 23, 2003 @12:56AM 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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hooray by 1seconddelay · 2003-05-23 01:15 · Score: 0, Redundant

Anything from microsoft has to be world changing. I am so excited i wet myself. Maybe we could get a whole B flat scale of langauages like g,a,b,c,d,e,f# and higher g. I think microsoft is really kewl.