More Language Geeking

[jducoeur]

And another cool project from MSR: the F# Language. This is basically yet another variant of ML, which I've been meaning to really learn for ages. It sounds like it's not quite as complete as Caml; OTOH, it sounds like a good stripped-to-the-basics version of ML, which is probably excellent for really getting my feet wet. And it's a proper .NET language, which means complete interoperability with C#, and that means that I might even be able to write useful programs in this language without too much pain. Heck, I might even be able to use it for work, at least in non-mission-critical stuff.

Oh, boy -- new toys! I get very antsy if I go more than six months without learning a new computer language, and it's been way too long...

Comments

[siderea]

What an incredibly infelicitous name. I don't know what's worse: F# major, with 6 sharps -- at least you know you're all on black keys -- or F# minor, with 4 sharps -- half on, half off. They've picked a name which, to every musician, connotates "Excruciatingly and gratuitously difficult to get anything done in." Brilliant.

Let me know when they name a language "G".

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

So far the letter names seem quite apt. C is (or has become) a middle-of-the-road language that nonetheless acts as a convincing default, C# comes up flat exactly the right amount, I think, and F# looks at first glance to be pretty much as you describe. Being MS, major's the safe bet, and anyway that gives vague symmetry with C#.