Sam Stokes on Research in your life and studies

F#: Using the Interactive Panel in VS 2010 Part 1

Use the Interactive Panel in VS 2010 to learn how to use F#.  I have not included the code used in my examples, my guidance to you is to visit: F# 1.9.6.16 Draft Language Specification , start off with: “Making Data Simple” use the interactive panel Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:43 AM by SoCal Sam | 0 Comments

WTF#: Could F# have saved the Mars Climate Orbiter?

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Posted Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:05 PM by SoCal Sam | 1 Comments

F#: Re-Thinking the syllabus for training engineers and scientists in programming

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Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 10:44 AM by SoCal Sam | 2 Comments

Checking out the Microsoft Speech Server

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Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 12:02 PM by SoCal Sam | 0 Comments

F#, Imperative Languages and Identifiers

OMG! I got pulled off my usual job of doing a bunch of things and have been focused on getting students involved in the Imagine Cup Software Design Invitational in the United States. Then it was Christmas and I ate to many cookies, etc. Finally I ignored Read More...

Posted Monday, December 29, 2008 1:21 PM by SoCal Sam | 0 Comments

Using F# to solve a standard engineering problem

F# has many interesting features, such as the use of lists, maps, and so forth. There are many blogs and websites dedicated to discussing the computer science side of F#, and for good reason the language supports these types of efforts. However, what Read More...

Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:59 PM by SoCal Sam | 0 Comments

Happy Birthday John Blackus, inventor of FORTRAN

Dec. 3 is the birthday of John Blackus, he was one of the principle inventors of FORTRAN, see the article found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FORTRAN In my opinion, John Blackus best quote describing a motivation to continue to create programming systems: Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:24 PM by SoCal Sam | 0 Comments