F# Eye for the C# guy

'OJ' on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:04:41 GMT, sez:

So how did the talk go?

I have a question: is the title of your presentation implying that F# is queer? :)

'Michael McMahon' on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:42:06 GMT, sez:

Hi there,

I attended your talk on F# for the Queensland MSDN User Group last night and I thought it was really good. Have installed F# today to have a play with it.

One little point for improving the slides. Some of the examples use F# keywords with varying case, which appears to be incorrect given that the language is case sensitive.

Regards,


Michael McMahon

'lb' on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:14:10 GMT, sez:

@OJ -- No you're reading your own biases into it there

@Michael, re case-sensitivity
Alrighty, i've pored over the slides and i think i see the problem: lazy.

There's two different uses of "lazy" -- both are correct.

Lowercase lazy is a keyword, while uppercase Lazy is essentially a static class in the Microsoft.FSharp.Control namespace that helps you work with lazy functions.

'download the slides (as a pdf) [1.5 meg]' on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:31:55 GMT, sez:

I've put a pdf file online that contains the content from the slides.

http://secretgeek.net/content/fsharp_leonb.pdf

cheers!
lb

'Bronwen Zande' on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:23:23 GMT, sez:

You've been tagged: http://www.soulsolutions.com.au/Blog/tabid/73/EntryID/408/Default.aspx

'vertexmonkey' on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:55:51 GMT, sez:

So...the slides are a bit vague...what was it that you said about gaming in your talk? Is anyone actually writing games or tools in F Sharp yet? It sounds like a good idea that's just way too risky for anyone to bother with for more than a few weekends.

name


website (optional)


enter the word:
 

comment (HTML not allowed)

All viewpoints welcome. But the right to delete any post for any reason is reserved. Don't make me do it. Comments may be republished, emailed to your loved ones or printed and used as toilet paper. Who reads this legal bit anyhow?

TimeSnapper_{Know thyself!}

TimeSnapper is a life analysis system that stores and plays-back your computer use. It makes timesheet recording a breeze, helps you recover lost work and shows you how to sharpen your act.

TimeSnapper won last year's Developer Competition at Larkware.com, and is used by over 10,000 people.