Comments on: An introduction to functional programming http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/02/06/an-introduction-to-functional-programming/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Chip http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/02/06/an-introduction-to-functional-programming/#comment-201472 Chip Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:24:02 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=10314#comment-201472 Thanks, YaoyuHe -- glad you found it helpful. Thanks, YaoyuHe — glad you found it helpful.

]]> By: YaoyuHe http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/02/06/an-introduction-to-functional-programming/#comment-201452 YaoyuHe Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:23:44 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=10314#comment-201452 this article is impressive and helps me a lot. fantastic! this article is impressive and helps me a lot. fantastic!

]]> By: Chip http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/02/06/an-introduction-to-functional-programming/#comment-134481 Chip Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:33:49 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=10314#comment-134481 Thanks for the additional info, Reedo. I haven't used F# yet myself, I've only read about it. Thanks for the additional info, Reedo. I haven’t used F# yet myself, I’ve only read about it.

]]> By: Reedo http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/02/06/an-introduction-to-functional-programming/#comment-134473 Reedo Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:55:33 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=10314#comment-134473 The relationship between F# and OCaml is a bit more complicated. F# has borrowed liberally from OCaml from the start but it's also designed for .Net, so its object model and various other features are closer to C# than OCaml (null checks, type casts). Plus, with the #light option for F# (which everybody recommends and uses in practice), not even its "core" syntax matches OCaml's as closely as before. That having being said, without #light and with some possible reworking, OCaml code can still compile in F#. The relationship between F# and OCaml is a bit more complicated. F# has borrowed liberally from OCaml from the start but it’s also designed for .Net, so its object model and various other features are closer to C# than OCaml (null checks, type casts). Plus, with the #light option for F# (which everybody recommends and uses in practice), not even its “core” syntax matches OCaml’s as closely as before.

That having being said, without #light and with some possible reworking, OCaml code can still compile in F#.

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