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> In MySQL, if you acquire a lock on Alice, then attempt acquire on Bob... then another session acquire Bob, then acquires Alice: The engine notices. Nothing bad happens. One of th…

How would you ensure Alice doesn't overdraft her account?

If the failure mode of the "correct" solution is to exit the program, I stand by my assertion that it is incorrect by construction.

The situation is a bit more complex in F# than C#, as there are multiple ways to do it. Scott Wlaschin has a good overview post about it here: https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/pos…

Personally I think F# is excellent for writing ye olde CRUD applications, especially as the business logic becomes more complex. F# is really good at domain modeling, as creating t…

FWIW I think writing F# is a really cohesive experience in day-to-day work. While there are usually at least two ways to do things, due to .NET interoperability requirements, it’s …

Isaac Abraham gave an interesting presentation at the last Func Prog Stockholm about modeling an Enigma machine in F#. Some interesting history in there, also a good introduction t…