Hopac claims that its Jobs are much more lightweight that F# Asyncs. There are many benchmarks on Hopac github repository, but I wanted to make a simple and straightforward benchmark and what could be simpler that parallel Fibonacci algorithm? :) (actuall[...]

Wie schon beim letzten Mal erwähnt möchte ich heute eine kleine, deutschsprachige Serie – sozusagen als Vorbereitung und Teaser für meinen Workshop – rund um funktionale Programmierung starten. Legen wir los mit dem grundsätzlichen: Was ist funktionale Pr[...]

I guess that it might be a bit too late for adding to your list of new year's resulution now. But just if you still have an empty slot (or in case an originally taken slot has become available), your new year's resolution should be to get involved with [...]

By now, most everyone is aware of Pi Day, celebrating the famous mathematical constant on 3/14. On this day each year, students and math enthusiasts eat pie and engage in light-hearted -related activities. Then there is e Day, a day for commemorating the [...]

By now, most everyone is aware of Pi Day, celebrating the famous mathematical constant \(\pi \approx 3.14159\) on 3⁄14. On this day each year, students and math enthusiasts eat pie and engage in light-hearted \(\pi\)-related activities. Then there is e [...]

This is just a short howto as I think it might come handy, as I struggled a bit on some points. I needed a simple way to self-host a REST-like service (returning XML data) with fine control on the structure of the results. I had a look at Nancy and others[...]

Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News New FSSF membership site is live! Join the F# Software Foundation! Participate in “Twitter Pulse #fsharp 2014“. F# Advent Calendar 2014 has ended – read full English and Japanese vers[...]

Past two years, at the beginning of the year, I did a post where I have tried to sum up year results and find some interesting facts/stats from tweets: 2013: Twitter Pulse #fsharp 2013 2012: Rhythm of the F# Сommunity heartbeat This year was really awesom[...]

Hallo Spartaner … ähm – Spartakiaden Rekuten und Soldaten: Richtet eueren Blick auf unser Schild: In der Mitte seht ihr ein großes Lambda. Historiker sagen dies war ein Symbol für die Lakedaimonier. Ich sage: Das ist nur die halbe Wahrheit – \(\Lambda\) b[...]