F Sharp (programming language): Difference between revisions

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A strength of F# is its setting within .NET. A key design aim is seamless .NET interop, both via direct use of .NET APIs from F# and authorship of natural .NET components in F#. Consequently, the main F# libraries are the .NET libraries (e.g. DirectX, Windows Forms, ASP.NET as well as alternatives like GTK#). A Visual Studio plugin provides a cutting edge development environment for an ML language. For starters, the background type-checking with feedback under the mouse are invaluable especially for those learning a language with type inference.

OCaml and ''''F# '''' share a common language subset and it is practical to cross compile significant codes between the two. This enables CAML codes to port to the .NET world and core F# codes to run with OCAML. Core CAML compatability is taken seriously.

F# as a research project demonstrates how .NET enables interoperability between different [[Programming paradigm|programming paradigms]]. F# showcases a set of extensions to .NET's intermediate language IL, called ILX, which demonstrate how a strict curried functional language may be compiled efficiently.