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Episode 18: Matt Podwysocki on F# and Functional Programming

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Episode 18

This week Matt Podwysocki puts the fun in functional programming with a deep dive into F#. We've heard plenty of high level discussions of F# and functional programming lately, so we tried to dig into the gory details as much as possible:
  • What is functional programming, and why should we care?
  • Types of applications that would and wouldn't benefit from F#
  • How F# differs from C# 3.x and Javascript
  • How F# is being used (games, scripting, data analysis and scrubbing, etc.)
  • F# pattern matching
  • Using F# in your C# or VB based applications today
  • Getting started: F# Interactive, reading the F# source, books and resources
  • Interaction with DLR
  • Functional features we'd like to see in C# and VB
  • Spec# and Sing#
    • Links:
    • Matt Podwysocki's blog
    • hubFS
    • Download the Microsoft F#, September 2008 Community Technology Preview
    • F# Developer Center
    • Dryad
    • Spec#
    • Singularity (Sing#)
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      Herding Code 18: Matthew Podwysocki on F# and Functional Programming
      Additional F# References:
      Books:
      • Expert F# - Don Syme - http://www.amazon.com/Expert-F-Experts-Voice-Net/dp/1590598504/
      • Foundations of F# - Robert Pickering - http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-F-Experts-Voice-Net/dp/1590597575/
      • F# for Scientists - Dr. Jon Harrop - http://www.amazon.com/F-Scientists-Jon-Harrop/dp/0470242116/
        Blogs:
        • Don Syme - http://blogs.msdn.com/dsyme/default.aspx
        • Chris Smith (F# Tester) - http://blogs.msdn.com/chrsmith/default.aspx
        • Brian McNamara (F# Dev) - http://lorgonblog.spaces.live.com/
        • Jomo Fisher (F# Dev) - http://blogs.msdn.com/jomo_fisher/default.aspx
        • Andrew Kennedy (MSR) - http://blogs.msdn.com/andrewkennedy/default.aspx
        • Luca Bolognese (Managed Languages Principal PM) - http://blogs.msdn.com/lucabol/default.aspx
          • Podcasts/Videos
          • Dryad on .NET Rocks - http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=378
          • Simon Peyton-Jones on Functional Programming and Haskell - http://se-radio.net/podcast/2008-08/episode-108-simon-peyton-jones-functional-programming-and-haskell
            • F# Examples
            • Any Colony Simulation - http://www.strangelights.com/blog/archive/2008/05/04/1613.aspx
            • FsTest - http://www.codeplex.com/FsTest
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