C# By default, arithmetic operations and conversions in C# execute in an unchecked context, you can use the checked keyword to switch a block of code to the checked context so that any arithmetic overflow that occurs in that block of code will cause the OverflowException to be thrown: However, the scope of the checked [...]

  Come and work with the F# group at Microsoft Research in Cambridge! Microsoft Research in Cambridge has open positions for very high quality applicants with advanced computer science skills (normally recent PhD-level graduates or highly relevant industry experience), and internships for current PhD candidates or other talented masters students. I would like to encourage potential candidates interested in any topic related to F# itself, as a language and tool set Topics on the boundary of F# and its appl[...]

Regular readers of my blog will know that from time to time I post links to F# jobs as a courtesy to the F# community. I particularly follow those in London, where we have F#unctional Londoners and other functional/finance/.NET user groups. Here are a few: F# Developer, Finance, Agile Senior F# Developer C# WPF F# developer- Quant group F# Developer/Programmer (C#, SQL) - Top Tier Investment Bank C# Dev 4.0 Hedge Fund Statistical Arbitrage F# C# / C++ / F# Developer - London - Hedge Fund Data Analysis M[...]

In the early days programming was considered a subdiscipline of mathematics. In fact, the very first person to write an algorithm was renowned as a mathematical genius. However, somewhere along the way we forgot. We began to think of ourselves as something different, a profession not beholden to rigor or deep understanding of the models we create. It’s easy [...]

A couple of months ago, I posted a list of my F# talks and courses for Autumn 2011. Although I tried hard to have fewer speaking engagements during the winter and spring, there are quite a few events that