Who will use F#?
We take a critical look at who people are assuming will use F# and who is actually putting their money where their mouth is when it comes to this... more »
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Is OOP good for technical computing?
Object oriented programming languages are widely used for technical computing but is that just because they are widely used everywhere or is it... more »
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Most successful open source application written in Common Lisp
Maxima has topped the charts as the most successful open source software written in Common Lisp.
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On-line gaming with Erlang
Guild Software, the creators of Vendetta Online, recently announced their decision to write their server software "Kourier" in Erlang.
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Top 10 most popular OCaml programs
Popular open source programs that you probably didn't even know were written in OCaml!
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Functional programming in industry
We answer "Which major players are already using functional programming languages in industry?".
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Java: The Closures Controversy
What should Java do about closures? This is our interpretation as OCaml/F# developers of Joshua Bloch's recent lecture about the forthcoming support... more »
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Reviews: Programming in Scala
We've collated comments from two of the first readers to review the new book "Programming in Scala" and it seems to be going down very well!
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Mac OS X demos of Smoke Vector Graphics
We bought ourselves a Mac Mini as an early Christmas present and now you can expect to see native Mac versions of all of our demos starting with out... more »
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A 100-line optimizing native-code compiler using LLVM (very cool!)
After only a few hours work, I was able to create an optimizing native code compiler for a tiny first-order language using this great library!
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Review: The F# .NET Journal
Granville Barnett reviews the new F#.NET Journal from Flying Frog, an on-line resource with tutorial articles covering every aspect of Microsoft's F#... more »
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Scala for Scientists
We just completed F# for Scientists. Now its time for Scala for Scientists!
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New book on Scala?
As the authors of "OCaml for Scientists" and "F# for Scientists", we ask if anyone would be interested in a new book "Scala for Scientists".
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Review: The F#.NET Journal
Short review of the F#.NET Journal from Flying Frog.
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Book Review: OCaml for Scientists
Thorough and impartial review of this functional programming book that places OCaml for Scientists among the all-time great programming books.
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Optimizing the OCaml implementation of spectral-norm
The OCaml implementation of the numerical spectral-norm benchmark from the Computer Language Shootout can be optimized to run 50% faster. This post... more »
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.NET Rocks discuss F#
.NET Rocks! is a weekly talk show for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform and their latest interview discusses the new F#... more »
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Hardware accelerated vector graphics for Linux (and Windows, and OSX)
Flying Frog unleash their OpenGL-based Silverlight killer for Linux, Windows and OSX. Written in 100% OCaml.
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Don't buy Lexmark!
We made the mistake of buying a Lexmark printer recently. Please don't make the same mistake we did!
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Ray tracer language comparison
Updated ray tracer language comparison with better implementations and new timings on a dual-core 4400+ Athlon64.
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The F#.NET Journal
Articles, code and tutorial videos covering a wide range of topics, including an introduction to functional programming, pattern matching, the .NET... more »
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New F# site
There's a new site about the F# programming language from Microsoft.
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35-line Mandelbrot renderer in OCaml
An example program that renders the Mandelbrot set using OpenGL.
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Using DirectX from F#.NET
Minimal DirectX demo with meshes, lighting, perspective and mouse control, written in under 100 lines using Microsoft's new .NET language F#.
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Tiny Interpreter written in OCaml
A minimal interpreter for a functional programming language, demonstrating lexing, parsing (using camlp4) and program evaluation all in under 100... more »
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