From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE0BEBB9C for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:07:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j8IL7pHi029246 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:07:51 +0200 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA04782 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:07:50 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j8IL7ncj029243 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:07:50 +0200 Received: from 192.168.1.100 (c-24-118-210-113.hsd1.mn.comcast.net[24.118.210.113]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <20050918210747014000socle>; Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:07:48 +0000 Subject: RE: [Caml-list] C# 3.0 enhancements (in re: F#) From: Bill Wood To: "Evans, Jeffrey (IT)" Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <8983E3D8B43CC643B85F4C78EC4C877DC500CB@ppwexmb01.ms.com> References: <8983E3D8B43CC643B85F4C78EC4C877DC500CB@ppwexmb01.ms.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 16:07:46 -0500 Message-Id: <1127077667.12869.3.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.1-1mdk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 432DD727.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 432DD725.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 inference:01 msdn:01 comcast:98 lambda:01 functional:02 inferred:02 types:02 expressions:03 enhancements:06 aspx:92 sense:08 entry:10 interesting:10 opposed:11 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 . . . > >It may interest people to know that C# is to add inferred types, > >lambda expressions with limited type inference, some other functional > >features. Unfortunately the only reference is a M$ Word document(!), > >but it's interesting reading nevertheless: > > > >http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/future/default.aspx > > > >Rich. > > > For that matter, F# has been around on the .NET platform for a little > while now. Does anyone have a sense of the extent to which F# is (could be) a viable entry in the .NET arena, as opposed to an entertaining exercise? -- Bill Wood