Re: F# fsharp

I can't say I have looked at F#, but the traditional experience with
functional languages (and especially the best features a functional
language offers) is that they are harder to grasp for non-programmers,
compared to BASIC-like languages like Lua.

-- 
Javier Arevalo
http://www.iguanademos.com/Jare

> Microsoft recently shipped F# as a fully supported product in Visual
> Studio 2010.  Functional programming could finally become a mainstream
> player in the computer industry, given its interoperability with the
> CLI and .NET.  Recently on this list, some people said they were using
> C# as a "scripting" language, mainly because they had engineers who
> were already familiar with it.  Hand waving about people being unable
> / unwilling to hit the ground running with Lua in 1..2 weeks... yes I
> am biased and dismissive of that rationale, as Lua is the dominant
> scripting language of the game industry by a large margin.
> http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MarkDeLoura/20090302/581/The_Engine_Survey_General_results.php
>  Leaving that aside, it emerged during the debate that compiled C# is
> significantly faster than Lua.  The C# "scripters" feel that if they
> compile the C# code, then they don't have to worry about the language
> being the source of performance problems.  Personally I think it's a
> bad tradeoff in terms of expressiveness and having an interpreter
> available.  I also can't say that I like what the C++ / Java / C#
> universe represents as far as how to structure software.  Anyways, F#
> doesn't suffer from such structural liabilities; you can program or
> metaprogram anything you want.  If F# compiles to within a ballpark of
> C# performance, one would seem to have one's scripting cake and eat it
> too.  Is anyone currently considering this, or acting upon this?  I
> searched the archives for both "F#" and "fsharp" but I didn't get any
> hits.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Brandon Van Every
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