S. Somasegar on taking F# forward
Today is an exciting day for the F# team. The Corporate VP for the Microsoft Developer Division, S. Somasegar, has announced the formation of a team to take F# forward. This will be a partnership with the current F# team at Microsoft Research. This is a huge step for us and we believe a great step forward for programming more generally.
As part of this, I'm very pleased to welcome Jomo Fisher and Luke Hoban to the F# team, joining James Margetson and myself. Jomo and Luke have years of experience in compiler implementation and language delivery. They are also a real pleasure to work with and we're looking forward to the years ahead.
Looking ahead, we'll be initially focused on putting the finishing touches on "V1" of the language design, improving the compiler, tools and Visual Studio project system, completing the language specification and augmenting F# with the libraries and tools needed to make it truly powerful in application areas particularly suited to functional programming.
Many thanks to all those in the F# community who have helped bring the language to this point. This marks the "end of the beginning" for F#, and we're looking forward to the times ahead!
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Anonymous
October 17, 2007
微软Developer Division部负责人 Somasegar 在自己的blog上发布了一条关于 F# 产品化的 消息，不久Jomo Fisher的另一篇blog披露了更多的 内容，而 F# 的设计者与发起人Don Syme也发文 确认 了这个消息。Anonymous
October 17, 2007
Don, Congratulations on having reached the "end of the beginning"! I've long been hoping for Microsoft to take steps towards making F# a first class member of its programming language product family. This is exciting news indeed. I also can't wait to see the next version of the compiler, it's been almost 3 month now since the last version... ;-)Anonymous
October 17, 2007
Congratulations Don! I'm sure this will only result in greater things for F# and functional programming in general.Anonymous
October 17, 2007
You guys have had a stunning impact on .NET. C# 3.5 is almost tolerable, but I'm jumping to F# now that it's an official product.Anonymous
October 17, 2007
This is excellent news, looks like someone must have read my thread in hubFS and answered my prays ^_^. Congratulations, keep up the great work.Anonymous
October 17, 2007
That's great news, congratulations!Anonymous
October 17, 2007
F# has been my favorite language for over a year now. It's great to see it evolve from "research language" to "official .NET language". Congrats!!Anonymous
October 17, 2007
Congratulations! I have experimented with F# off and on and it seems to have a lot of potential. Going forward and moving out of research, I really hope that F# will be standardized (at least ECMA, ideally ISO) like C#. I think that will make a big difference for many who are interested in working with the language.Anonymous
October 17, 2007
One more voice saying congrats. Thank you too!Anonymous
October 17, 2007
Congrats for sure. I hope the 'F' in F# becomes know as a lot of Fun; that the development path is not too much $QL and boring financial/accounting sw, but keeps the XNA path going, and RIA.Anonymous
October 17, 2007
The best .NET language! ;-) Congratulations!!!Anonymous
October 18, 2007
Some interesting news emerging from the Visual Studio and F# team appears that language appears to movingAnonymous
October 18, 2007
Don, Congratulations! I'll raise a glass to your success. I've been floored by the elegance of F# and the transparency with which it represents complex ideas. I didn't dare wish for it to become a fully supported dotnet language - but Santa seems to have come early this year. F# is the first true delivery on the promise of dotnet's language independence and I look forward to it becoming more deeply integrated into my workflow.Anonymous
October 18, 2007
Congrats - Been mainly observing F# from a distance (actually got the Foundation's book a few days ago). Any hints on which project templates you'll be looking to provide? (ASP.NET, Web Services, etc...)Anonymous
October 18, 2007
Yes, congratulations for sure. Feeling the pressure yet? [;<). I mean it, congratulations.Anonymous
October 18, 2007
I just saw the announcement on Don and Soma's blogs about the fact that a product team has officiallyAnonymous
October 18, 2007
F# bude ve Visual Studiu Možná jste v posledních pár dnech zaznamenali, že se na internetu hodně píšeAnonymous
October 18, 2007
F# bude ve Visual Studiu Možná jste v posledních pár dnech zaznamenali, že se na internetu hodně píšeAnonymous
October 19, 2007
Excellent stuff. I think F# has long proved its kudos as a true language, not just a 'research project'. I worry for you all, though... i picture some dilbertesque manager saying "m'kay, let's make F# ganer wider appeal amongst the morts..." but.. i quell these voices and say "best of luck to F#!" Long live Fortran.net! (ah, my favourite old F# joke) lbAnonymous
October 19, 2007
Congrats, it's well deserved and a great step forward.Anonymous
October 21, 2007
Really this is a amazing stuff and one great news! I also observing F# from some distance, have tested and enjoyed much... Congratulations!Anonymous
October 24, 2007
Don, Your baby is no longer a baby. Congratulations to you and your team. ---OAnonymous
October 24, 2007
Congratulations. This is a great "first" step into a larger future. ---OAnonymous
December 19, 2007
Over on his blog, Don Syme has a post about F# and Parallel Extensions : "Over the coming year I expectAnonymous
December 19, 2007
Over on his blog, Don Syme has a post about F# and Parallel Extensions : "Over the coming year IAnonymous
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July 18, 2008
Is there a F# Visual Studio team blog or anything? I'm interested to keep up with F# IDE support as it happens (not Visual Studio in general) Thanks,