basketweaving for the mind

IronPython + F# + Parallel + Async = A Kittehz Brekfst

more animals As per the image above, cats and threads do no mix. Python and threads may not mix, either . Whilst thread-safety, dead-locks, queues and other nasties are nasty, Microsoft sees the world of n -cores as a software problem to be solved, not Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:19 PM by nhodge | 3 Comments

F#: Perth .NET User’s Group

Thanks to Mitch Wheat for inviting me to talk, and letting me choose the topic: F#. Also a major thanks to both Joel Pobar (for callvirt, around all things dynamic and functional spin) and SecretGeek (for slides and some helper starter scripts) There Read More...

Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:15 PM by nhodge | 1 Comments

Demos and Links from Edge of the Web, Nov’08 Perth

During the 50 minutes of presentation (including at least 9 ICHC images), I demonstrated the following bits and pieces of open source and or free Microsoft bits. Demo set 1: Web Standards Live Mesh Mobile : take photo to mesh on laptop MacOS X 10.5 client Read More...

Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:08 PM by nhodge | 1 Comments

Where to Start With F#

Robert Pickering , the author of “ Foundations of F# ” hosts an informative wiki ; an excellent place to start. Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:56 PM by nhodge | 2 Comments