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GENERAL => General chat => Topic started by: va!n on April 04, 2008

Title: C# and now F# ?
Post by: va!n on April 04, 2008
i found something on the microsoft website, talking about F#   O.O
http://research.microsoft.com/fsharp/fsharp.aspx (http://research.microsoft.com/fsharp/fsharp.aspx)
http://research.microsoft.com/fsharp/about.aspx (http://research.microsoft.com/fsharp/about.aspx)
Title: Re: C# and now F# ?
Post by: ninogenio on April 04, 2008
how many languages do we need microsoft?  :)

this sounds like an attempt at a fast lua script type lauguage though so it might be cool.

<edit just had a reread and maybe this is going to be a full language guess we will have to wait and see>
Title: Re: C# and now F# ?
Post by: Hotshot on April 09, 2008
how many languages do we need microsoft?

I couldnt agree you more and I wouldnt be surprize if there was G# Language!   :D
Title: Re: C# and now F# ?
Post by: Jim on April 09, 2008
C# is one of the best languages I have ever coded in.  For business and OO development it really is amazing.  Microsoft hired some of the best language designers in the world specifically to build C#.  If some of that power could be put into a script language, it could be incredibly useful.  The obvious side-effect to this is that this stuff is all Microsoft specific, not Linux/Mac compatible, not really portable in any way, and not open source.  You have to weigh up the pros and cons.

Jim
Title: Re: C# and now F# ?
Post by: ninogenio on April 10, 2008
your totally right jim,

c# is one of those languges that are really easy to over look as i had done, but its by far one of the best.i am just starting to get to grips with it now im building xna stuff and i really do wish all languges were like it.

i mean there is never a point where you feel like the code gets unmanagable or you dont know what to do next it's like you have a very clever freind sitting next to you throwing you hints every once in a while.

.edit oh and have i mentiond xna is absolutely 100% the best dev kit ever :D