Did you know you can use F# type providers to access thousands of statistical packages from R, with auto-complete and documentation? Those of you into data analysis will be aware of the use of the R system by statisticians and other data workers. The F# community and BlueMountain Capital have created a type provider for F#-R interop which embeds all installed R packages directly into F#, with intellisense.  See the  example below.  This demonstrates the great flexibility and applicability of the F# 3.0 typ[...]

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