In C#, you can use the object/collection initialization syntax like this: The F# equivalent of object initialization is done like this: As for collection initialization, you have a far more diverse range of tools available to you, for example: You can also create slices of an existing array: You can even add your own multi-dimensional [...]

Well I finally did it, I moved my blog from Wordpress to Octopress, what drove me to make this move? Well, there were a few factors involved… I found the following problems and frustrations with Wordpress: Changing a Wordpress theme is somewhat of a black art. My blog didn’t look its best on mobile devices, there was no fluid layout. Wordpress seems to introduce a fair bit of latency for somethings thats essentially a simple task i.e. get some text from a database. Reliance on a database. All my post w[...]

If you’re reading this post, you probably know about F#’s Units of Measure already, it’s very useful when working with real-world units and adds extra safety to code that needs to work with and convert from one unit to another. Here’s a quick snippet that shows you how to define and use units-of-measure: This code [...]