F# Foundation Launch : Open-source, cross-platform F# (1PM PST/9PM GMT Today)

candl wrote: post #3

codeape wrote: post #2

Is it still based on .NET/mono?

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 don't think this is any technical change. Instead MS just got bored with F# and gives it a non-profit ("F# foundation") for maintenance. So it will be independent, ie. not affiliated with MS.

Re: F# Foundation Launch : Open-source, cross-platform F# (1PM PST/9PM GMT Today)

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Post by balakk » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 1:17 PM UTC

codeape wrote: post #2

Is it still based on .NET/mono?

There is some talk of porting it to the JVM or LLVM

http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/home/expert-panel-discussion...

Re: F# Foundation Launch : Open-source, cross-platform F# (1PM PST/9PM GMT Today)

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Post by MatthewPhillips » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 1:32 PM UTC

candl wrote: post #3

codeape wrote: post #2

Is it still based on .NET/mono?

F# already runs on Mono and is open source. Seems like it's not the case. Very interesting. There's a mention of "independent".

F# has been open source for quite a while. I'm guessing they are seeing some resistance to adoption due to the affiliation with Microsoft. They've always been quite independent, compared to the C# team, so I wonder what this even means. Porting to LLVM and/or JVM would be wonderful for the language though, it really is up there with Clojure as one of the more exciting functional languages under development.

Re: F# Foundation Launch : Open-source, cross-platform F# (1PM PST/9PM GMT Today)

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Post by mercurial » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 2:26 PM UTC

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?

Re: F# Foundation Launch : Open-source, cross-platform F# (1PM PST/9PM GMT Today)

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Post by ptrelford » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 2:27 PM UTC

zokier wrote: post #4

candl wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 don't think this is any technical change. Instead MS just got bored with F# and gives it a non-profit ("F# foundation") for maintenance. So it will be independent, ie. not affiliated with MS.

The F# Foundation is an initiative from the F# community to promote F# as an independent, open source language across multiple platforms. You're right this is not a technical change and the foundation is independent.

Re: F# Foundation Launch : Open-source, cross-platform F# (1PM PST/9PM GMT Today)

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Post by Oenotria » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 2:29 PM UTC

zokier wrote: post #4

candl wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 don't think this is any technical change. Instead MS just got bored with F# and gives it a non-profit ("F# foundation") for maintenance. So it will be independent, ie. not affiliated with MS.

MS is not abandoning F#. This is a community-led effort to try to increase adoption of an excellent language and to create a better experience on non-microsoft platforms.

Re: F# Foundation Launch : Open-source, cross-platform F# (1PM PST/9PM GMT Today)

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Post by CodeCube » Thu, Nov 08, 2012, 2:31 PM UTC

mercurial wrote: post #7

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?

It's somewhat anecdotal, but here's a question I asked on the quant stackexchange a while ago asking if F# was used in finance ... seems there are a few shops using it: http://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/303/is-f-used-in-tr...