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Edit: Added a ‘comarg’ function to dramatically clean up the syntax for doing COM-interop, since F# will pass ‘ref types’ as byrefs to COM calls. In a previous post I talked about how to take advantage of .FSX (F# Script) files to automate tasks for you...

This post is entirely devoted to shameless plugs and ‘Me Too’ blogging.   The Stack Overflow public beta is out! I’m trying to get the specialized badge, so ask some F# questions for me.   Amanda Laucher and Ted “Some Guy” Neward on .NET Rocks...

A few weeks ago Dr. Jon Harrop published F# for Scientists and I had the fortune of snagging a copy at work. In short, it is an excellent book and an invaluable resource for those working in quantitative computing. The best feature of the book is its...

The thing you hear most about F# is that it is multi-paradigm , meaning that you can use it to code in multiple styles of programming. But F# spans multiple-domains too. F# is not only well suited for quantitative computing, but it is surprisingly well...

While I am thrilled about all the new features we've put into the F# CTP, perhaps the thing I'm most excited about are the MSBuild tasks for Lex and Yacc. You heard that right. If you want to use fslex.exe of fsyacc.exe as part of your project, you can...

With the F# CTP out the door, let’s take a look at what it can do. Ryan Cavanaugh, not the famous Banjo Player , the one on the VS Pro Tools Team, helped me put together an artillery game called BurnedLand. (Kudos if you can catch the subtle reference...

If you’ve used Visual Studio for a few years you’ve probably memorized all the shortcuts and methods for navigating source code. For example, if some XML looks unruly just press CTRL+K+D to automatically format the document. (If you’re interested in learning...