F# programming language

[Lucian Wischik]

One more question though: You mention that C# is more "engineery". Is it
your opinion (like I think after reading what you wrote) that C# is more
targeted at software engineers (like me) and F# at scientists?

We're called software engineers but I don't think there's very much
engineering discipline in our work. We're expected to produce lots of
features, quickly, and track down lots of bugs, and we often don't
even have the time to sit back and calmly document how what we've done
works. F# seems good for this audience.

 

[Laurent Bugnion]

Hi,

We're called software engineers but I don't think there's very much
engineering discipline in our work. We're expected to produce lots of
features, quickly, and track down lots of bugs, and we often don't
even have the time to sit back and calmly document how what we've done
works. F# seems good for this audience.

I am lucky enough to work for Siemens, where software engineers are
engineers ;-) We do a lot of architecture and design, for example.

Also, note that in Switzerland, you can only use the title software
engineer if you are really an engineer. In my case, I did an engineer
school in electricity and electronics before I made a postgrade study in
software. Non-engineers who followed the same postgrade are not allowed
to use the title software engineer.

Greetings,
Laurent

 

[Christopher Ireland]

Also, note that in Switzerland, you can only use the title software
engineer if you are really an engineer. In my case, I did an engineer
school in electricity and electronics before I made a postgrade study in
software. Non-engineers who followed the same postgrade are not allowed to
use the title software engineer.

No duck typing in Switzerland, then!

;-)

Cheers!

Chris.

 

[Lebesgue]

Useful for math and logic, not so much for GUI stuff which really

I'm going to try to write some GUI programs and I'll see how F# compares.
Presumably C# is likely to come out on top when there is a big GUI and not
much under the hood?

Just a side note: One can use F# to write ASP.NET applications:
http://cs.hubfs.net/blogs/tomasp/archive/2006/08/13/475.aspx
Project page: http://www.codeplex.com/fscodedom

 

[Jon Harrop]

P.S. it would be great if ray tracer compiled with the latest publicly
available version of F#!

A new version of F# has just come out that can compile my ray tracer!