Don Syme's WebLog on F# and Related Topics
QuickLinq Helpers
Sometimes in F# it is useful to use LINQ extension methods such as .Take(n), .Skip(n) and .Count()....
Author: dsyme Date: 12/07/2012
Contract Position in F# Information Rich Programming with Microsoft Research, Cambridge
Microsoft Research Cambridge have a 5 month contract position available to explore appliications of...
Author: dsyme Date: 12/04/2012
This Monday at the SF Bay Area F# Meetup: Building a customizable business rules engine with F#
This Monday the San Francisco Bay Area F# Meetup will be hearing from Jon Harrop on the topic of...
Author: dsyme Date: 11/30/2012
Late reminder: New York City F# Meetup Tonight - F# in the Cloud with George Stavroulakis of the {m}brace team
A late reminder of the F# meetup in New York tonight - Thursday, November 29, 2012, 6:30 PM {m}brace...
Author: dsyme Date: 11/29/2012
Math.NET Numerics v2.3.0 released, with improved F# support
An important library in the C# and F# open source communities is the Math.NET Numerics library. I...
Author: dsyme Date: 11/27/2012
Expert F# 3.0
Expert F# 3.0 is now out! The book is a comprehensive guide to F#, with the first chapters taking...
Author: dsyme Date: 11/12/2012
MSR Silicon Valley, Tuesday 3pm - Reconsidering Strongly Typed Programming Languages for the Information-Rich World
On Tuesday at 3:00pm I will be talking at Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley (directions) on F# 3.0...
Author: dsyme Date: 11/12/2012
Community for F# Online Meetup - "The F# Foundation" with Tomas Petricek and Phil Trelford - Thursday Nov 8 2012
(Please note the time change!) Are you interested in F# as an independent, open source and...
Author: dsyme Date: 11/05/2012
F# Job in Facebook Social Gaming, London
Regular readers of my blog will know that from time to time I post details of F# jobs. Here is one...
Author: dsyme Date: 10/23/2012
Next F#unctional Londoners Meetup - F# on the GPU with Alea.CUDA, Thursday, October 18, 2012
The next meetup of the absolutely fabulous F#unctional Londoners will be one week today, at the...
Author: dsyme Date: 10/11/2012
Extended Submission Deadline for DDFP 2013: Now October 15
DDFP has a new submission deadline: October 15 Since this is the first time this workshop is...
Author: dsyme Date: 10/09/2012
Reminder: Submission Deadline for "Data Driven Functional Programming 2013"
Today is the day to submit to "Data Driven Functional Programming 2013"....
Author: dsyme Date: 10/08/2012
F# Talk at NVIDIA Global Technology Conference 2012 - "New Generation GPU Accelerated Financial Quant Libraries"
A fascinating slide deck of financial programming wizardry by Daniel Egloff of Quantlea at the...
Author: dsyme Date: 09/27/2012
The F# 3.0 Freebase Type Provider Sample – Integrating Internet-Scale Data Sources into a Strongly Typed Language
The Visual F# team have a new blog The F# 3.0 Freebase Type Provider Sample – Integrating...
Author: dsyme Date: 09/21/2012
New Tech Report from Microsoft Research: Strongly-Typed Language Support for Internet-Scale Information Sources
I'm very pleased to announce that Microsoft Research have published a new technical report related...
Author: dsyme Date: 09/21/2012
Announcing F# Tools for Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web!
I am very, very happy to cross post this wonderful news from the Visual F# Team blog! Free Express...
Author: dsyme Date: 09/12/2012
Sneak preview
A sneak preview has leaked out on Twitter of this.
Author: dsyme Date: 09/04/2012
Microsoft Codename “Cloud Numerics” Lab Refresh
Cross-posted from the F# team blog... The "Cloud Numerics" Lab from SQL Azure Labs has been...
Author: dsyme Date: 09/04/2012
Exploring the Online Templates: Creating a Web API with F# and ASP.NET
Over on the F# team blog, there's a new article about Getting Started with Implementing Web APIs...
Author: dsyme Date: 09/04/2012
Announcing "Data Driven Functional Programming 2013" Workshop at POPL, Submission Date: Oct 8 2012
I'm very pleased to announce an exciting new workshop being added to the POPL program at POPL 2013....
Author: dsyme Date: 09/01/2012
CFP: First Workshop on Programming the Semantic Web - PSW
See www.inf.puc-rio.br/~psw12/ The Web of Data is growing at an enormous pace. However, the...
Author: dsyme Date: 07/27/2012
ICFP Programming Contest starts tomorrow
The ICFP Programming Contest for 2012 starts tomorrow. I'm sure all F# followers know that a team...
Author: dsyme Date: 07/12/2012
How to reference F# in a research paper?
If you're writing an academic paper or journal, what should you reference for F#? Well, of course...
Author: dsyme Date: 07/10/2012
More C#/.NET Generics Research Project History - The MSR white paper from mid-1999
A bit more C#/.NET generics research project history. Attached is the "Ext-VOS" white paper from...
Author: dsyme Date: 07/05/2012
F# - Einstieg und praktische Anwendung, Oliver Sturm
Ein neues F# Buch, auf Deutsch entwickler-press.de/ep/psecom,id,2,buchid,239.html Mit Visual...
Author: dsyme Date: 07/03/2012
Some more .NET/C# Generics Research Project History
Another history email, discovered while poking around for some old image files. There are some other...
Author: dsyme Date: 06/26/2012
The F# Survival Guide (archived edition)
There is a very nice online book called "The F# Survival Guide", previously hosted at ctocorner.com....
Author: dsyme Date: 06/19/2012
Some History: 2001 "GC#" research project draft, from the MSR Cambridge team
Regular readers of my blog will know that from time to time I post some historical notes related to...
Author: dsyme Date: 06/19/2012
Tonight: F# User Group in Boston: Mathias Brandewinder on Bumblebee
The next F# User Group meeting on Boston will be tonight, Monday June 18, 2012 at MS NERD.Register...
Author: dsyme Date: 06/18/2012
F# and .NET in Social Gaming, June 28, SkillsMatter, London
The next F#unctional Londoners' meetup has been announced! It's a great topic, talking about how to...
Author: dsyme Date: 06/18/2012
Come to the F# Workshop and Tutorial in Pisa, Italy, 27/28 June 2012 - "F# for Education and Innovation"
The University of Pisa will be hosting a one-day workshop entitled F# for Education and Innovation...
Author: dsyme Date: 05/15/2012
SkillsMatter Progressive F# Tutorials, New York City, 5-6 June 2012
I'm glad to mention that SkillsMatter will be running their Progressive F# Tutorials in New York...
Author: dsyme Date: 05/15/2012
Cross Posted: Online Training Course for F#
This is cross-posted from the F# team blog. Great to see this! Training is an important part of...
Author: dsyme Date: 04/24/2012
Updated version of "TrueSkill Through Time" Bayesian Inference Code
Back in 2007 Ralf Herbrich and co. wrote a research paper called "TrueSkill Through Time". Their...
Author: dsyme Date: 04/19/2012
More Hadoop+F# Goodness
More F# Hadoop goodness from Carl Nolan. This time a compositional framework for submitting F# and...
Author: dsyme Date: 04/17/2012
Force-Directed Graph Layout in HTML5 with F# and WebSharper
Do you want to write succinct, type-safe and correct HTML5 web code which is not full of bugs?...
Author: dsyme Date: 04/17/2012
Next F# New York City Meetup: Tomas Petricek on F# applications - From Domain Model to User Interface
The next F# New York City Meetup is now scheduled... Microsoft Offices, 6th floor, 1290 Avenue of...
Author: dsyme Date: 04/12/2012
TouchDevelop, from Microsoft Research
Last year, my wonderful peers in Microsoft Research developed the first versions of TouchDevelop, a...
Author: dsyme Date: 04/11/2012
Is Javascript code always so full of bugs?
Slightly off topic... The "debugging options" got turned on in my browser recently. I think this...
Author: dsyme Date: 04/11/2012
I'm Speaking at the Big Picture Seminar at NICTA, Canberra, Tomorrow
I'm taking a vacation "back home", and will be speaking at the Big Picture Seminar at NICTA,...
Author: dsyme Date: 03/22/2012
Next F# Seattle Meetup this Monday, March 26
The next F# Seattle Meetup is on this Monday! F# PM Donna talks about F# 3.0 Beta Modern programming...
Author: dsyme Date: 03/21/2012
F# on Channel 9: Donna Malayeri - F# 3.0 - Information Rich Programming
The wonderful Donna Malayeri appears in the latest F# Channel 9 Lecture on F# 3.0 Information Rich...
Author: dsyme Date: 03/19/2012
Next Seattle F# Meetup, Tuesday Feb 21, 2012
Seattle F# user group meeting Feb 21, 2012 Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 6:00 PM. Microsoft Building...
Author: dsyme Date: 02/16/2012
Functional Programming eXchange 2012, March 16, 2012, London
The folks at SkillsMatter in London are hosting the Functional Programming eXchange 2012, on March...
Author: dsyme Date: 02/14/2012
F#/C# Contract Position for Silverlight/HTML 5 User Interface Development at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK
Microsoft Research Cambridge has available a 6-month contract position for development of web-based...
Author: dsyme Date: 01/30/2012
First F# Seattle Meetup This Saturday, Redmond
The first F# Seattle Meetup has been announced! It will be held this Saturday, on the Microsoft...
Author: dsyme Date: 01/25/2012