Jun 26

F# First Class Events: Simplicity and Compositionality in Imperative Reactive Programming

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The text of this post is also available as an article, which I’ll modify with latest material on this topic as time goes on.

As of version 1.1.10, F# now supports first-class, composable events.

Jun 26

F# Download

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Brief Description

F# is an advanced .NET programming language available from Microsoft Research.

License

The F# License is a Microsoft Research Shared Source License Agreement. F# may be used to build commercial applications as covered by that license, in particular see the exemptions (i) and (ii) in the main body of the license. When downloading software from this site, you will be presented with a dialog box explaining the terms of use. You must agree to these terms as a condition of downloading the software.

Download

F# Compiler

Links for specific versions:

Note, some users report that “save” works but “open” does not.

Instructions
  • To install, save and unpack the zip file and read the installation notes (README-fsharp.html).
  • From Add/Remove Programs uninstall any previous “F# Extensions for Visual Studio 2003 and 2005″.
  • Run “InstallFSharp.msi”.
  • On Mono/Linux follow the instructions in README-fsharp.html.
System Requirements

Operating system either Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP or Linux (Mono). Memory 256Mb minimum, recommending 512Mb or more.

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