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  • K Kent Sharkey

    Eric Sink[^]:

    I am writing this article not as an opponent of F#, but rather, as someone who hopes that F# will become a mainstream .NET language.

    Because it's F#?

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    Marc Clifton
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    I am seriously considering re-writing that web server code/article in F# just to see what it looks like. ;) Marc

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    • T Tom Clement

      At first glance, I read that as: "Why your F****** evangelism isn't working" Guess the F# evangelism hasn't had the intended effect on me.

      Tom Clement articles[^]

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      Emiliano Musso
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      :-D

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      • K Kent Sharkey

        Eric Sink[^]:

        I am writing this article not as an opponent of F#, but rather, as someone who hopes that F# will become a mainstream .NET language.

        Because it's F#?

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        Ian Shlasko
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        Obviously it's because F# is just G... And G is a stupid name for a language. At least C# = D-flat, which looks a little like Db, so it's a great language for database stuff. See? Completely logical (In no way whatsoever).

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        • I Ian Shlasko

          Obviously it's because F# is just G... And G is a stupid name for a language. At least C# = D-flat, which looks a little like Db, so it's a great language for database stuff. See? Completely logical (In no way whatsoever).

          Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
          Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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          RUs123
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          Hm, am I the C# evangelist then, as I use C# at my job, together with DB work and at home playing guitar in C# ? :-D Well one of them, the other one is Drop D, which is DD and has a different meaning :laugh:

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          • M Marc Clifton

            I am seriously considering re-writing that web server code/article in F# just to see what it looks like. ;) Marc

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            newton saber
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            Marc Clifton wrote:

            in F# just to see what it looks like

            ANSWER Ugly!

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            • I Ian Shlasko

              Obviously it's because F# is just G... And G is a stupid name for a language. At least C# = D-flat, which looks a little like Db, so it's a great language for database stuff. See? Completely logical (In no way whatsoever).

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              Tom Clement
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              E# is F, but F# is G flat not G. (Sorry :))

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                Marc Clifton wrote:

                in F# just to see what it looks like

                ANSWER Ugly!

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                Marc Clifton
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                newton.saber wrote:

                Ugly!

                Actually, what I've done in F# is really quite elegant. I think it all depends on who writes the code and how it's written. ;) Marc

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                • T Tom Clement

                  E# is F, but F# is G flat not G. (Sorry :))

                  Tom Clement articles[^]

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                  Ian Shlasko
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                  Bleh... That's what I get for trying to be clever today... Got woken up at 3am, so running on less sleep than usual... But G-flat is still a stupid name for a language :)

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                  • I Ian Shlasko

                    Bleh... That's what I get for trying to be clever today... Got woken up at 3am, so running on less sleep than usual... But G-flat is still a stupid name for a language :)

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                    Couldn't agree more :)

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                    • M Marc Clifton

                      newton.saber wrote:

                      Ugly!

                      Actually, what I've done in F# is really quite elegant. I think it all depends on who writes the code and how it's written. ;) Marc

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                      newton saber
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                      Marc Clifton wrote:

                      F# is really quite elegant

                      Prolly is. Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Functional languages just look so consarned ugly sometimes. :)

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                        Marc Clifton wrote:

                        F# is really quite elegant

                        Prolly is. Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Functional languages just look so consarned ugly sometimes. :)

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                        Marc Clifton
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                        newton.saber wrote:

                        Functional languages just look so consarned ugly sometimes.

                        I agree -- there's a draw to making things as idiomatic and terse as possible, which only detracts from a language like F# expect for seasoned FP devs. I'll ping you when I publish the article on writing a web server from scratch, but with an F# implementation, and see what you think. Marc

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                        • M Marc Clifton

                          newton.saber wrote:

                          Functional languages just look so consarned ugly sometimes.

                          I agree -- there's a draw to making things as idiomatic and terse as possible, which only detracts from a language like F# expect for seasoned FP devs. I'll ping you when I publish the article on writing a web server from scratch, but with an F# implementation, and see what you think. Marc

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                          newton saber
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                          Marc Clifton wrote:

                          with an F# implementation, and see what you think.

                          Sounds great. I am interested to see it. Thanks for including me.

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