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Is there a way to create a static type in f#?

Wed, 04/13/2011 - 22:45
Answer added in topic F#.Bryan Hunter Not sure which question you're asking, so here are multiple answers.If you mean this as in "static" versus "dynamic" then pretty much any type you create will be a static type (F# is a statically typed language). F# makes heavy use of...
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Is there a way to create a static type in f#?

Wed, 04/13/2011 - 17:41
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How does Scala compare to F# as a functional language?

Tue, 03/29/2011 - 13:20
Answer added in topic F#.Jason McCampbell Just to throw in my 2-bits, I wanted to reacquaint myself with functional programming several years back and looked at Scala and F#, among other languages.I went with F# because object-oriented development is secondary and have used it regularly for the...
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Which organizations use the F# programming language in a non-trivial fashion?

Sun, 03/27/2011 - 12:44
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What are some example implementations of Units of Measure in programming languages?

Tue, 03/15/2011 - 06:15
Answer added in topic F#.Justin Pitts Frink, http://futureboy.us/frinkdocs/, is a JVM language with extensive first-class support for Units of Measure.See question on Quora
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What are some example implementations of Units of Measure in programming languages?

Tue, 03/15/2011 - 06:15
Answer added in topic F#.Justin Pitts Frink, http://futureboy.us/frinkdocs/, is a JVM language with extensive first-class support for Units of Measure.See question on Quora
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What are some example implementations of Units of Measure in programming languages?

Mon, 03/14/2011 - 22:28
Answer added in topic F#.Anders Kaseorg, MIT ’08, Co-Founder of Ksplice, Inc. For Haskell, the dimensional library provides an implementation of units that are statically checked by the type system:http://hackage.haskell.org/packa...See question on Quora
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What are some example implementations of Units of Measure in programming languages?

Mon, 03/14/2011 - 20:51
Answer added in topic F#.Michael Bleigh, rubyist of @intridea A quick Googling revealed Quantity, a Ruby gem for converting units of measure: http://quantity.rubyforge.org/See question on Quora
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Why should a C# developer consider switching to F#?

Sat, 03/12/2011 - 00:31
Answer added in topic F#.Nick Baily, Founder. Enviro Evangelist. Econ Geek. Musician. Because it's time for the bridge?See question on Quora
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How do you get people to visit your development blog and leave comments without feeling like your spamming?

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 17:21
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What types of software are best developed in Microsoft's new F# language?

Fri, 02/11/2011 - 17:09
Answer added in topic F#.Dave Thomas, C# and F# developer. I think a lot of high end server side code will benefit from F#, GUI work will be more productive once some devs make some funky tools for F#...See question on Quora
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How does Scala compare to F# as a functional language?

Fri, 02/11/2011 - 11:27
Answer added in topic F#.Rúnar Óli Bjarnason, Full-time Scala developer. One of the authors o... As languages facilitating functional programming, they are actually quite similar. They're both strictly evaluated languages with first-class modules (sometimes called "objects") with...
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On the Microsoft stack, which language would be more likely to entice great developers, IronPython or F# (Standard ML)?

Fri, 02/11/2011 - 02:25
Answer added in topic F#.Anon User A functional programming language strongly typed as F# (which share its syntax with OCaml, not SML by the way) may be a perfect complement to other imperative languages (as C#) available on the .NET platform..See question on Quora
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On the Microsoft stack, which language would be more likely to entice great developers, IronPython or F# (Standard ML)?

Thu, 02/10/2011 - 22:26
Answer added in topic F#.Tao Xu, 6 years, 4 teams I worked in Microsoft until late 2009, and I used both IronPython and F# pretty extensively for a couple of years. Both serve the purpose of gluing together existing modules (in C#, or even C++ code through wrapper), and higher level abstraction...
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Why should a C# developer consider switching to F#?

Thu, 02/10/2011 - 17:40
Answer added in topic F#.Dave Thomas, Multithreading high performance enterprise type... One thing that is difficult is finding commercial experience, at moment its quite a niche market and difficult to get into especially if your day job has to be c# because thats where the current market trend...
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How does Scala compare to F# as a functional language?

Thu, 02/10/2011 - 14:51
Answer added in topic F#.Omar Gomez, Teacher, Developer, Software Architect They (Scala and F#) are children from the same parents: OOP the father and FP the mother. Scala got father's looks, while F# got mother's. I pass the JVM-CLR debate.See question on Quora
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How does Scala compare to F# as a functional language?

Thu, 02/10/2011 - 13:44
Answer added in topic F#.Richard Minerich, Microsoft MVP for F#, Machine Learning Researcher Matt's answer was pretty biased, but it's much better now :). However, it's obvious he prefers Scala. Consider the perspective of someone who loves to write F# and has done some Scala, but...
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How does Scala compare to F# as a functional language?

Thu, 02/03/2011 - 13:33
Answer added in topic F#.Matthew Lloyd, I've been programming for 25 years I recently learned and used both as an exercise, and decided that Scala is better suited to my needs and tastes.Disclaimer: unlike other people answering and voting on this question, I have no personal connection with...
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How does Scala compare to F# as a functional language?

Thu, 02/03/2011 - 13:33
Answer added in topic F#.Matthew Lloyd, I've been programming for 25 years I recently learned and used both as an exercise, and decided that Scala is better suited to my tastes and needs.Technology stack. Using F# essentially locks you into Microsoft's stack, and Windows, unless you&...
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How does Scala compare to F# as a functional language?

Thu, 02/03/2011 - 13:33
Answer added in topic F#.Matthew Lloyd, I've been programming for 25 years I recently learned and used both as an exercise, and decided that Scala is better suited to my tastes and needs.Technology stack. Using F# essentially locks you into Microsoft's stack, and Windows, unless you&...
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