We posted episode 18 last week. It’s a great overview of F# and functional programming with Matt Podwysocki. Matt has a great love for F#. We wanted to do a show about F# that was a little more than just talking about F# itself and cover more about what functional programming is and why it’s important.
Some topics we cover in the podcast:
- What is functional programming, and why should we care?
- Types of applications that would and wouldn’t benefit from F#
- How F# differs from C# 3.x and Javascript
- How F# is being used (games, scripting, data analysis and scrubbing, etc.)
- F# pattern matching
- Using F# in your C# or VB based applications today
- Getting started: F# Interactive, reading the F# source, books and resources
- Interaction with DLR
- Functional features we’d like to see in C# and VB
- Spec# and Sing#
The post containing the podcast is turning into a great resource if you are interested in Functional Programming and F#. Matt provided us with a lot of links and we’ve been adding new links as we find them. If you know of any Functional Programming or F# links, feel free to leave them in the comments here or at the Herding Code post.
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