In my last post I explained the difference between the techniques of Currying and Partial Application, following on where there let me show you how you might apply these two techniques in F#, Javascript and C#. F# Starting with F#, being a functional language it makes currying and partial application dead easy (considering that they [...]

Recently I have come across some really interesting questions and debates around these two terms and how they differ from one another. There seems to be widespread confusions with many examples demonstrates one whilst intends another, and some simply uses the terms interchangeably. Whilst admittedly not being a function programming expert, I’ve spent a bit [...]

Welcome to part two Lets jump in at the deep end and take a look at some code… When you look at the method syntax for the xxxAsync methods you will notice they return a boolean value that indicates if the method completed synchronously, this means that you have to check the return value every time you use one of the methods and invoke the callback yourself if it completes synchronously.  In practice this hardly ever happens, and normally only on a send operation.  But as it is a possibility we will add m[...]

Welcome to part two Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Lets jump in at the deep end and take a look at some code… When you look at the method syntax for the xxxAsync methods you will notice they return a boolean value that indicates if the method completed synchronously, this means that [...]

Welcome to part twoLets jump in at the deep end and take a look at some code… When you look at the method syntax for the xxxAsync methods you will notice they return a boolean value that indicates if the method completed synchronously, this means that you have to check the return value every time you use one of the methods and invoke the callback yourself if it completes synchronously. In practice this hardly ever happens, and normally only on a send operation. But as it is a possibility we will add[...]