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Port it to LLVM? Then it can be compiled to native, in which case it has to compete with Haskell (et al).
The "#" in F# basically binds it to the CLR, and that's what it's strength is. Too bad it want to be something is isn't.
Port it to JVM? Then it has to compete with the similar language Scala. Port it to LLVM? Then it can be compiled to native, in which case it has to compete with Haskell (et al). The "#" in F# basically binds it to the CLR, and that's what it's strength is. Too bad it want to be something is isn't.
Is it still based on .NET/mono?
So mono's future is secured - Android, iPhone, iOS, OS X, linux, windows 8, ... no other high-level-to-native tools get this reach and none based on a language as c# (so much better than java). F# looks like nice added sauce to this.
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F# already runs on Mono and is open source. Seems like it's not the case. Very interesting. There's a mention of "independent".
I haven't been tracking Mono-related news for a while, but didn't they abandon this project? Did it ever work well?
so mono's future looks secure now
Curious to see where that goes. I've been wanting to try it for a while, but a combination of lack of time and lack of enthusiasm for the .NET stack has kept me away from it. Is this used in production anywhere?
F# is a really cool language. However without it's interop with the CLR it looks to me to be another ML clone. I wonder what they mean by "independent."