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From: Big 666 on 24 Jun 2010 06:11
RayLopez99 wrote:
> Don't take my word for it, see what this nationally syndicated author
> and computer programming guru says... and note the reader's comment at
> the very end...about Linux...I think he's talking about Linux.
>

You really need to cut this cross posting out, as the C# programming NG
doesn't care about this.
From: Arne Vajhøj on 28 Jun 2010 22:43
On 24-06-2010 05:39, RayLopez99 wrote:
> Don't take my word for it, see what this nationally syndicated author
> and computer programming guru says... and note the reader's comment at
> the very end...about Linux...I think he's talking about Linux.
>
> Anyway the takeaway executive summary of this article is simple: C#
> rulz.

C# is a nice language.

But it doesn't rule the world.

> Just a few days ago I was reading the blog of a guy who seemed happy
> to discover a cool �new� function called Zip in LINQ (hey Haskell
> programmer over there, stop laughing, you are disrupting my article).
> These days following blogs by Microsofties is in fact like witnessing
> some sort of Renaissance, with plenty of talk about exciting features
> that are clearly borrowed from the functional programming community.

That is not particular .NET specific.

Java people work with Scala and Clojure.

Ruby has functional features.

Etc..

> The evolution of C# and Visual Basic, LINQ, and more recently the
> inclusion of F# as a fully supported language within the .NET
> Framework 4.0, all indicate Microsoft�s new outlook towards functional
> programming. F# in particular is essentially OCaml for .NET, and has
> been received with open arms by the Microsoft community (as far as I
> can tell).

F# has gotten a lot of interest from the smarter developers.

But as far as I can see, then its usage is still completely
insignificant.

> The end result of Microsoft�s new approach is that now Joes everywhere
> are getting exposed to functional programming (masses of people who
> would otherwise be virtually shielded from the rest of the programming
> world).

MS is evolving.

The rest of the IT world is evolving as well.

MS either has to evolve too or die.

The stockholders prefer that they evolve too.

Arne
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