There is a very nice online book called "The F# Survival Guide", previously hosted at ctocorner.com. Unfortunately, for some reason that site is no longer available. Several F# community members have tried to work out why, but so far to no avail. In any case, the book is HTML and the most recent version is available at the internet archive web.archive.org.  So if you're looking to read it, here is a link to an archived edition of The F# Survival Guide.  Don

First of all, kudos to Michael Neel and everyone that put on CodeStock.  This was my first time attending CodeStock and to see such a well-run conference is always a pleasure. I know from experience that there’s a lot of work that goes in to making things run that smoothly. I got to attend a [...]

Regular readers of my blog will know that from time to time I post some historical notes related to the research projects I've been involved in at Microsoft Research. Recently, I was asked some historical questions about our work on .NET Generics in 2001. To help frame an answer, I thought I'd post one of our research project outputs from 2001 as part of the .NET Generics project.  The attached document is the "GC#" (Generic C#)  language design specification from December 2001, written by the Microsoft Re[...]

The next F# User Group meeting on Boston will be tonight, Monday June 18, 2012 at MS NERD.Register here. Featured Speaker: Mathias Brandewinder Topic: Bumblebee in F# Description: In this talk, Mathias will discuss Bumblebee, an open source CodePlex project implementation of Artificial Bee Colony algorithms in F# (http://bumblebee.codeplex.com). Register: http://fsug.eventbrite.com

The next F#unctional Londoners' meetup has been announced!  It's a great topic, talking about how to apply F# and .NET programming to one of the booming areas of game development.  Sign up here: http://www.meetup.com/FSharpLondon/events/68564812/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1&_af_eid=68564812&_af=event   Yan Cui on F# and .NET in Social Gaming Thursday, June 28, 2012, 6:30 PM, The Skills Matter eXchange, 116-120, Goswell Road, EC1V 7DP. London (map) The social gaming landscape often paints a picture of cloud co[...]