Why Use F#? - Hackdot

Re:Why Use F#? by vram22 on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:05AM (#18670925)

>Remember, F# came from MS research based on the established working .Net framework, and was tighly tied to fundamental framework improvements (like generics and dynamics). It was built by hardcore .Netters, it's the first "true" .Net language,

What are "dynamics" in this context?

>and it bases major language features on deep-down .Net capabilites not found in other VMs.

Can you give some examples of that?

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Re:Why Use F#? by profquail on Thursday December 13, 2018 @01:32PM (#18674738)

“Dynamic” in GP’s answer is referencing .NET’s support for dynamic typing (which works in both C# and F#): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-g...

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Re:Why Use F#? by vram22 on Thursday December 13, 2018 @01:48PM (#18674881)

Thanks, will check that out.

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Re:Why Use F#? by kazinator on Thursday December 13, 2018 @01:59PM (#18674993)

That just looks earth-shatteringly non-portable; it cannot possibly exist anywhere but .NET.

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Re:Why Use F#? by loeg on Thursday December 13, 2018 @10:48PM (#18678313)

Ahem. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/vm/mu...

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