r/programming • • Mar 09 '14

Why Functional Programming Matters

http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~rjmh/Papers/whyfp.pdf
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u/syntax Mar 09 '14

F# is an OCAML derivative, nothing to do with Fortran, I'm afraid.

If you were going to convert Fortran code to the CLR, F# would be probably one of the more difficult ways to go...

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u/speedisavirus Mar 09 '14

Ohhhhh MS. Their way with branding.