F#

[Albert Holguin]

I've never used it... there's always a latest and greatest, its a headache to try and keep up with every single language... :wtf:

[Kevin Marois]

Agreed

Everything makes sense in someone's mind

[Albert Holguin]

i still haven't even done C#... but i'm guessing i'll have to eventually... whether i like it or not... :laugh:

[Kevin Marois]

Ta, C#'s not a fad. ya might want to jump in.

Everything makes sense in someone's mind

[AspDotNetDev]

Good idea! What am I doing learning PHP when I can learn an even less useful language‽

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[Kevin Marois]

hahaha

Everything makes sense in someone's mind

[Albert Holguin]

that's what you say now, but have you heard about F#!?!?! ;P :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Hans Dietrich]

Albert Holguin wrote:

that's what you say now, but have you heard about F#!?!?!

No, but I've heard the String class in G# is eye-popping! :)

Best wishes, Hans

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[JimmyRopes]

Albert Holguin wrote:

i still haven't even done C#... but i'm guessing i'll have to eventually... whether i like it or not... :laugh:

I started out in assembler and c language. Then went to C++ and PHP on the side. Eventually I tried C#, and after initial reservation, liked it. Once you loose your pride, the rest is easy. :-D

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[Albert Holguin]

oh its not about pride, its about time... i'm very busy with other things at this point in my life... and i'm not even a software developer, i'm an electrical engineer, so learning new software is not exactly part of my workday (or learning old software for that matter)

[JOAT MON]

JimmyRopes wrote:

Once you loose your pride, the rest is easy

Is that marriage advice? :laugh:

Jack of all trades ~ Master of none.

[Jihaad Joe]

Nope, heard about F# but never seen anyone done anything with it. Apparently the people in this forum didn't really answer your original question, only snide remarks. So assume that they do not use F# either. :)

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[Albert Holguin]

as it is i already have to know: -C/C++ (in multiple frameworks) -assembly (MIPS) -matlab scripting -perl -batch -vhdl/verilog ...i'll get to C# in due time... ;)

[Albert Holguin]

:laugh:

[Lost User]

It's used a lot in my organisation but I'm not involved with that team much so I've never used it myself.

[Rama Krishna Vavilala]

I was investigating on using it for DSL (Domain Specific Language). I am now leaning more towards Ruby.

[Nemanja Trifunovic]

My favorite VS add-in[^] is largely written in F#. I've learned some F# and like it (I like ML in general) but don't think it has a bright future.

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[Gregory Gadow]

Why F#? Is there a point for Microsoft to come up with yet another programming language that (if I understand the hype correct) will compile to exactly the same intermediate language as both C# and VB?

[jan lucas]

I was sitting here thinking exactly the same thing about Python... [having to crash learn it to teach it to someone else tomorrow morning]

Ah.

[Jason Hooper]

I haven't used it yet although I've looked into it a bit. I think the point of F# is to appeal to particular programming problems that lend themselves to functional coding instead of typical procedural algorithms. So far the resources I've checked out regarding F# never address the language solely by itself, but attempt to line it up as a tool to use at the right times in order to supplement and ultimately coincide with other languages, such as C#. Haven't yet seen any major reason to spend a weekend learning it, however. It does indeed compile down to the same MSIL.

Jason