In natural language processing (NLP), one of the first steps is to find the ‘stems’ of words from the ‘paradigm’ forms found in regular text. For example “construction” and “constructing” are paradigms of the stem “construct”. (Note there is a … Continue [...]

you know Hoogle – don’t you? In case you don’t Hoogle is a search-engine where you can look for Haskell functions. You can use with it’s web-interface and there are a couple of plugins (for GHCi, etc.) The great thing … Continue reading →

A brief summary of what happened in the blogs last week: Released new F# Online Tutorial F# 3.0 Rich Functional Programming Talk Mono 3.0 is out! .NET Rocks – Don Syme and Keith Battocchi Bring F# Everywhere Updated F# Language Specification for F# 3.0 No[...]

Razor is a programming syntax for dynamic ASP.Net web pages released in 2011. Here’s a C# syntax example from W3 Schools: <!-- Single statement block --> @{ var myMessage = "Hello World"; } <!-- Inline expression or variable --> <p>The value of myMe[...]

In general, when you see async void in your code it’s bad news, because: you can’t wait for its completion (as mentioned in this post already) any unhandled exceptions will terminate your process (ouch!)   Suppose you have a timer event that fires every o[...]

 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 func[...]

The Visual F# team are glad to announce that we have now updated the F# Language Specification for F# 3.0 (HTML, PDF)The aim of this update is to document the language features introduced in F# 3.0.  This update covers  the extensions to computation expre[...]

I recently presented Clojure & CFML Sitting In A Tree remotely to the Houston CFUG via Adobe Connect. The presentation was recorded and is available to watch on Adobe Connect: Clojure & CFML Sitting In A Tree. The presentation is also listed on Charlie Ar[...]

Looking for an event where you could learn about F#? The second half of autumn will be a busy time with Progressive F# Tutorials happening at the beginning of November and the TechMesh Conference planned for the first week in December!