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F#

F# is a functional programming language for the .NET Framework. It combines the succinct, expressive, and compositional style of functional programming with the runtime, libraries, interoperability, and object model of .NET.

Getting Started with F#

Download F#
Get the newest release of F#, either with the Visual Studio 2010 Beta1 or as a CTP add-on for Visual Studio 2008. The F# releases include the compiler, libraries, and Visual Studio integration needed to get started developing with F#.

Learn F#
Get resources for learning F#, including articles, videos, and books. Three sample chapters of the Expert F# book are also available for preview.

The F# Language Specification
Get all the nitty-gritty details of the F# language from the draft F# language specification. Provides a in-depth description of the F# language's syntax and semantics. Also available in PDF.

F# Microsoft Research Site
Additional F#-related content can be found at the Microsoft Research F# site, as well as links to previous releases of F#.

Featured Content

F# in VS2010 Beta1 and May F# CTP
Don Syme describes the new releases of F#.
- Don Syme
Great Online Content for Learning F#
Brian lists many online resources for F#.
- Brian McNamara
F# in 20 Minutes - Tutorial Part I
Tutorial, introducing the reader into the new world of F#.

Featured F# Library Content

Important updates and highlights of F# content in the MSDN Library.

F# Language Keywords (Visual Studio 2010)
Explore the F# language keywords.
Friday, Jun 12
What's New in F# in Visual Studio 2010?
This article introduces the F# language and d... Mehr
Tuesday, May 19

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F# Community Blogs

Discoveries This Week 07/05/2009
If you find yourself in the Boston area tomorrow, Monday July 6th, come see Amanda Laucher’s New England F# User’s Group talk.  She is currently working on a new book for O’Reilly: F# in a Nutshe... Mehr
Sunday, Jul 5
The twits - Yet another Twitter app
Taking its name from twitter, with a large nod towards Roald Dahl's cautionary tale, the twits is a twitter app that lets you visualize you network of friends on twitter. It’s available to try here. B... Mehr
Friday, Jul 3
LAgent: an agent framework in F# – Part VI – Hot swapping of code (and something silly)
Hot swapping of code Let’s get back a couple of steps and consider what happens when you get an error. Sure, your agent will continue processing messages, but it might be doing the wrong thing. Your m... Mehr
Friday, Jul 3
WiX again.
In my previous post I expressed my disappointment with WiX. However, after an additional day of struggling with it, I may change my mind. I managed to find a pretty straightforward solution to (almost... Mehr
Wednesday, Jul 1 - noreply@blogger.com (Joh.)
F# BootCamp – Questions and Answers – part IV – Structural comparison
This is the third part in a “Questions and Answers”-series about the F# BootCamp in Leipzig. This time we will look at structural comparison and structural equality. Question 6: Please describe the te... Mehr
Wednesday, Jul 1

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F# Community

hubFS: THE place for F#
Ask questions, post answers, and participate in the F# community at the F# forums on hubFS.net.

What's New in the F# Community
See what's going on in the F# community blogs and forums.

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F# Team Blogs

F# Forum

Order of .fs files makes it hard to compile
I come from a C#/Java background, so I usually seperate each class in my application into a single file. As an experiment, I decided to ... Mehr
Sunday, Jul 6 - Juliet
Immutability and performance
I'm just starting off with F#, reading through Expert F#, and one thing's been bothering me the whole time: how far can you go with immutability? I'v... Mehr
Wednesday, Jul 1 - reinux

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F# Projects from CodePlex

VCC
VCC is a deductive verification tool that statically proves correctness of concurrent C programs or finds problems in them. It is implemented primarly in F#.
Friday, Jun 26 - CodePlex
FsGPU
FsGPU project contains library and samples to assist general purpose GPU programming in F# for CUDA enabled devices.
Saturday, Jun 20 - CodePlex
C# Pattern Matching
Simple Pattern Matching implementation for C# which emulates F# pattern matching and as a result lends itself very well to recursively traverse composite data structures like Linq Expression T... Mehr
Wednesday, Jun 10 - CodePlex

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F# Samples from Code Gallery

Request-Response Testing with F#
F# is Microsoft's new programming language. F# is a hybrid language -- based on functional language principles but allowing traditional imperative/procedural coding too. The F# test harness (file Project.fs) sends an HTTP... Mehr
Thursday, Jun 25 - MSDN Code Gallery
XNA Framework in other languages
This solution demonstrates XNA Framework from C#, Visual Basic, C++/CLI and F#.At the PDC, Frank Savage did a great job in presenting the XNA Game Studio 3.0 to the attendees. During his session he did a great demonstration and bu... Mehr
Friday, Feb 20 - MSDN Code Gallery

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