Re: F# fsharp

I believe he means that they perceive the productivity gains of F# as giving them a competitive edge versus companies that take a more conservative technological approach.

-JF

On May 25, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Mat Noguchi wrote:

> I don’t suppose you would know or could reveal what that “secret weapon”-ness is? :)
>  
> MSN
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miguel de Icaza
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>  
> I wonder how the politics of that will shake out in practice.  I can
> definitely see other team members / leadership being afraid of the new
> stuff that they don't understand, the potential production impact,
> etc.
>  
> We have noticed that F# is being quickly adopted by four groups: applied sciences, defense, banking and science/research.
>  
> All fields with fairly sophisticated users.   
>  
> FWIW, In the banking sector, many of our users consider their use of F# their "secret weapon" against competitors.
>  
> Miguel.
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