An Introduction to Microsoft F# | pdc2008

Learn about Microsoft's new language, F#, a typed functional programming language for the Microsoft .NET Framework. F# combines functional programming with the runtime support, libraries, tools, and object model of .NET. Understand how F# asynchronous workflows help tame the complexity of parallel and asynchronous I/O programming and how to use F# in conjunction with tools such as Parallel Extensions for .NET.

Luca Bolognese

Tags: Advanced, Breakout Session, Languages

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hossein.haeri

Very great presentation. Thanks Luca. Smiley

The async stuff didn't work for me. In fact, neither AsyncGetResponse nor AsyncReadToEnd exist in my version (.Net 3.5 under MSVS2008). The Plot function of Graphics is also not available. Seems to me like a special library is needed...

krusaint

Really good presentation. Looking forward for more of F#.

seiichirou

elvistcb: yes there is:
(define (sum-of-squares nums) (fold-left + (map sqr nums)))
(sum-of-squares '(0 2 5 8))

Xylon

This is the best presentation I've ever seen come out of MSFT! Congrats. As a fresh CS grad, I've heard academic whispering about functional programming but have never had the opportunity nor took the initiative to dig any deeper and learn it for myself. I'm excited that a pragmatic, .NET interoperable, first-class functional language is on the way from Microsoft. Great work guys! After 20-odd years following the computer industry I've never been happier with Microsoft. F# (and Oslo) show that Microsoft is not being complacent. And after Apple's all-style-no-substance "I'm a Mac; I'm a PC" campaign I even find myself rooting for MSFT. But I'm rambling in short great work on F# and a great introductory presentation with a sprinkling of humour Smiley