Expert F# 3.0 is now out!   The book is a comprehensive guide to F#, with the first chapters taking you through functional, imperative and object programming, and later chapters featuring many applied topics in F# programming. The book has been substantially revised and now features additional material on programming with text programming with numbers (numeric programming) F# 3.0 queries  using F# 3.0 type providers to access data programming web applications programming mobile applications  Enjoy! Don, [...]

On Tuesday at 3:00pm I will be talking at Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley (directions) on F# 3.0 and the general topic of "Reconsidering Strongly Typed Programming Languages for the Information-Rich World" The talk is a public lecture. If you plan on coming please drop a note to Maria Atienze (v-maatie@microsoft.com ) and she will arrange a badge for you. Don p.s. I will be giving similar material as a Google Internal Tech Talk on Friday.   Don Syme will be in Silicon Valley next week.  Come hear him ta[...]

 (Please note the time change!)   Are you interested in F# as an independent, open source and cross-platform language?   Join F# community contributors Phil Trelford and Tomas Petricek as they discuss a new community-led initiative dedicated to F# as an independent, open source language across multiple platforms.       When: Thursday, Nov 8, 2012 1:00 PM (Pacific Time) 9:00 PM (London Time) 10:00 PM (Western European Time) 04:00 AM (China Time) (05:00 Japan Time) Duration: 1:00    https://www.livemeeting[...]

 Regular readers of my blog will know that from time to time I post details of F# jobs. Here is one for today. Please contact ajeraj@astoncarter.co.uk for more details.   We’re looking for talented, self-motivated developers with a strong interest in functional programming with F# and applying F# in the development of social games that are played by millions of users per day. Successful candidates will go on to help us development new and improve existing F# components as well as adopting F# in new areas g[...]

  The next meetup of the absolutely fabulous F#unctional Londoners will be one week today, at the usual venue of SkillsMatter. The topic is an exciting one! Alea.CUDA - Combining the computational power of GPUs with the functional elegance of F#Abstract F# and GPUs are two trailblazing yet unrelated technologies. F# is a uniquely productive language to solve complex problems in a clear and concise way. On the other hand GPUs offer an immense computational power to solve large number crunching tasks fast an[...]