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> /// Conditionals use if/then/elid/elif/else. The "elid" intrigued me and I tried to look it up but couldn't find anything. Is this just a typo?
PR out here: https://github.com/dotnet/docs/pull/1584
I realize that .NET is F#'s biggest strength from the perspective that Microsoft probably holds of trying to push C# more functional, and trying to attract talent from R, Ocaml, Rust, Julia, Haskell, etc, but it also feels like its biggest weakness. I'd love to see some sort of bootstrapped version that makes use of .NET Native or CoreRT or whatever they use today, and I'd REALLY like to see a strong Stdlib for F# th…
Edit: just before somebody starts whining about it, I ain't got no problems with NET on its own, but the barrier to proficiency in it from a functional universe is needlessly high, and if F# had a stronger core it would be something non NET programmers could pick up along the way rather than continuously bash their heads into while doing rather menial work. I don't want to sound whiny either but it's such a punch in…
This is sort of a Microsoft M.O.
Author of the article here. Happy to see this up on HN! The article is actually more of an annotated version of the F# Tutorial Script[0] which ships inside Visual Studio 2017 (also in other version of Visual Studio, but the Tutorial script is a bit different there). You can get started with F# just about everywhere everywhere: * Visual Studio[1] * Visual Studio for Mac[2] * Visual Studio Code (via Ionide plugins)[3]…
does anyone know what the state of C/F# on Linux is?
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Unit annotation is F#'s secret killer feature. I did a small video game in F# using unit annotation and was shocked at the number of bugs that unit annotation picks up at compile time. If you work with a lot of unit conversions (pixels, inches, whatever), I highly recommend giving F# a shot on a small project. Unit annotation + access to the .NET ecosystem has made this language a personal favorite for any project he…
Is there a writeup somewhere of this feature?
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Edit: just before somebody starts whining about it, I ain't got no problems with NET on its own, but the barrier to proficiency in it from a functional universe is needlessly high, and if F# had a stronger core it would be something non NET programmers could pick up along the way rather than continuously bash their heads into while doing rather menial work. I don't want to sound whiny either but it's such a punch in…
> barrier to proficiency in it from a functional universe is needlessly high This is sort of a Microsoft M.O.
How difficult is it to get an F# kernel for Jupyter running on my Mac?
does anyone know what the state of C/F# on Linux is?
F# works fine for me on linux. what is it you're after?
One observation from watching Go and Rust gain popularity is that having an online code evaluation tool like https://play.rust-lang.org/ or https://play.golang.org/ can do wonders for adoption. People can experiment in a sandbox without having to hop into a development environment, and peers have an easier time debugging by easily sharing and reproducing problems. For anyone interested in trying out F# online, looks…
One of the things Go does right is the download-hello-world-compile-run experience. Especially now, since they now default GOPATH. One of the things that Go does wrong for popularity is the opinionated directory structure based environment mechanism. It has some advantages for large programming projects, but the way it runs counter to many programmer's expectations is seen by many as a wat!?
If Go had some way of mitigating that and the lack of generics, then the Hello World experience would be better for more people. (For admittedly shallow reasons, IMHO. I think that Go is pretty good the way it is. I haven't yet felt a need for generics yet in my MMO project.)
One observation from watching Go and Rust gain popularity is that having an online code evaluation tool like https://play.rust-lang.org/ or https://play.golang.org/ can do wonders for adoption. People can experiment in a sandbox without having to hop into a development environment, and peers have an easier time debugging by easily sharing and reproducing problems. For anyone interested in trying out F# online, looks…
One observation from watching Go and Rust gain popularity is that having an online code evaluation tool like https://play.rust-lang.org/ or https://play.golang.org/ can do wonders for adoption. One of the things Go does right is the download-hello-world-compile-run experience. Especially now, since they now default GOPATH. One of the things that Go does wrong for popularity is the opinionated directory structure base…
Does the lack of generics really impact the experience of "Hello World"? I don't think I've ever seen generics used in a "Hello World" example even in languages that have them.