PLNews: Programming Language News

F# 1.9.4 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: more consistent and symmetric operator overloading, additional nullness checking, object model enhancements, core library performance enhancements, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that 'F# for Scientists', by Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd., has been completed and sent to the publisher.

F# 1.9.3.14 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: support for constructed classes that are mutually recursive with other types, the deprecation of the Microsoft.FSharp.Core.Func module, the addition of '%' and '%%' operators, bug fixes, and other changes.

F# 1.9.3.7 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: initial support for access controls, custom attribute targets, multiple custom attributes, library changes, documentation improvements, warnings and deprecations for some language constructs, bug fixes, and other changes.

Don Syme has announced that his book Expert C#, written along with Adam Granicz and Antonio Cisternino, is expected to be available by November 30, 2007. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

F# 1.9.2.7 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: support for a slicing syntax, support for named and optional arguments, language constructs for 'computation expressions', library constructs for 'asynchronous workflows', pattern matching on 64-bit numbers, bug fixes, and other changes.

Robert Pickering has announced that his 'Foundations of F#' book will soon be available. Its first printing run will finish on May 25, 2007.

F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

F# 1.9.1.9 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: support for overloaded numeric conversion functions, support for checked arithmetic, updates to the FLinq sample, plus other changes and bug fixes.

The F#.NET Journal has been announced. "The articles cover a wide range of topics, including an introduction to functional programming, pattern matching, the .NET platform and more advanced material demonstrating the use of the F# interactive mode for data dissection and visualization."

F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

F# 1.9.1 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: support for active patterns, support for implicit class construction, changes to the F# Quotation library, attributes for C interoperability, syntactic improvements, plus other changes and fixes.

Don Syme has announced that drafts of chapters 2 to 7 of his upcoming 'Expert F#' book are now available. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

F# 1.1.13 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: support for range comprehensions, 'for' loops over enumerables, C-style syntax for native functions, support for pattern matching on arrays, library enhancements, plus other changes.

Jon Harrop has announced the creation of his F# News blog. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

Jon Harrop, author of the book 'Objective CAML for Scientists', has announced that he is working on a new book entitled 'F# for Scientists'. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

It has been announced that the book 'Foundations of F#', by Robert Pickering, will be published by Apress in March 2007. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

F# 1.1.12.5 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: a change to the syntax for method applications followed by property/field lookups, updates to the Microsoft.FSharp.Reflection API, operator overloading changes, plus other changes and bugfixes.

A video interview with F# creator Don Syme is now available. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

Don Syme has announced the availability of an early draft of Chapter 2 (~375 KB .doc) of his planned "Expert F#" book. This draft chapter "covers most of the language constructs in tutorial mode, with the exception of object oriented programming, which will be covered in Chapter 3."

F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

F# 1.1.12.3 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release includes: a lightweight syntax option; experimental support for active patterns; new UInt8, Int8, Int16, and UInt16 modules for MLLib; plus other changes and a number of bugfixes.

F# 1.1.11.6 has been released. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

This release candidate includes: namespaces-related changes; null values without type annotations; the implementation of structural comparison, equality, and hashing in F# code; type-qualified discriminator names; BigNum performance improvements; improved compiler optimizations; plus other changes and bugfixes.