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  • K Kevin Marois

    I got my copy of MSDN magazine today. There's an article about F#, and that got me thinking - does anyone here actually use it? I'd be interested in hearing your comments.

    Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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

    [WikiLeaks Cablegate Cables]

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    • A 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:

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

      Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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

        [WikiLeaks Cablegate Cables]

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        Kevin Marois
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        hahaha

        Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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        • K Kevin Marois

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

          Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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

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

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            Hans Dietrich
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            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


            [Hans Dietrich Software]

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            • A 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:

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              JimmyRopes
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              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 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

                Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                Albert Holguin
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                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)

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                  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

                  Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                  Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                  I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                  JOAT MON
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                  JimmyRopes wrote:

                  Once you loose your pride, the rest is easy

                  Is that marriage advice? :laugh:

                  Jack of all trades ~ Master of none.

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                  • K Kevin Marois

                    I got my copy of MSDN magazine today. There's an article about F#, and that got me thinking - does anyone here actually use it? I'd be interested in hearing your comments.

                    Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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                    Jihaad Joe
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                    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. :)

                    One hand clapping

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                      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

                      Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                      Think inside the box! ProActive Secure Systems
                      I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                      Albert Holguin
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                      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... ;)

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                        JimmyRopes wrote:

                        Once you loose your pride, the rest is easy

                        Is that marriage advice? :laugh:

                        Jack of all trades ~ Master of none.

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                        Albert Holguin
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                        :laugh:

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                        • K Kevin Marois

                          I got my copy of MSDN magazine today. There's an article about F#, and that got me thinking - does anyone here actually use it? I'd be interested in hearing your comments.

                          Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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

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                          • K Kevin Marois

                            I got my copy of MSDN magazine today. There's an article about F#, and that got me thinking - does anyone here actually use it? I'd be interested in hearing your comments.

                            Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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

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                            • K Kevin Marois

                              I got my copy of MSDN magazine today. There's an article about F#, and that got me thinking - does anyone here actually use it? I'd be interested in hearing your comments.

                              Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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                              Nemanja Trifunovic
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                              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.

                              utf8-cpp

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                              • K Kevin Marois

                                I got my copy of MSDN magazine today. There's an article about F#, and that got me thinking - does anyone here actually use it? I'd be interested in hearing your comments.

                                Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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                                Gregory Gadow
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                                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?

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                                • K Kevin Marois

                                  I got my copy of MSDN magazine today. There's an article about F#, and that got me thinking - does anyone here actually use it? I'd be interested in hearing your comments.

                                  Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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                                  jan lucas
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                                  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.

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                                    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?

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                                    Jason Hooper
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                                    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

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                                      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

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                                      Peter Mulholland
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                                      I got a book on haskell a while back. I've started reading the intro a couple of times but it talks about a whole programming mindset change to move to functional programming, so is F# something you ca pick up over a few days?

                                      Pete

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                                      • K Kevin Marois

                                        I got my copy of MSDN magazine today. There's an article about F#, and that got me thinking - does anyone here actually use it? I'd be interested in hearing your comments.

                                        Everything makes sense in someone's mind

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                                        What does F# give you that either C# or VB.Net doesn't already give you? Since they're all .Net languages, and they all compile to the same level, there are no optimizations that could possibly make learning F# a "good idea". I know there are some Pascal.Net implementations, as well as Cobol, but other than allowing the programmer to use old code with minor changes, there's no reason to use those languages on new projects. Unless F# closely resembles the language used in critical LOB apps, it's merely a curiosity. EDIT ========= Voting this post a 1 isn't going to change my views.

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                                          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?

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                                          Nemanja Trifunovic
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                                          Gregory.Gadow wrote:

                                          Why F#?

                                          Why Use F#?[^]

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