A few new articles on F#:

From Dr. Dobbs: <a href=http://www.drdobbs.com/visualstudio/224400710;jsessionid=IAZCT34DMXI1NQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN>F#: Putting the 'Fun' into 'Functional'</a> <quote>You would be forgiven if you thought the "F" in F# -- which made its debut as part of Visual Studio 2010 -- stands for "functional." After all, F# (pronounced "F sharp") is a functional programming language for the .NET Framework that combines the succinct, expressive, and compositional style of functional programming with the runtime, libraries, interoperability, and object model of .NET. But Don Syme, inventor of F# and leader of the team that incubated the language, has a different, truncated, and entirely whimsical definition. "In the F# team," says Syme, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, "We say, 'F is for Fun.' F# enables users to write simple code to solve complex problems. Programming with F# really does make many programming tasks simpler, and our users have consistently reported that they've found using the language enjoyable." </quote> From <a href=http://www.theregister.co.uk>The Register</a>: <a href=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/19/microsoft_f_sharp/>Microsoft stealth launches 'historic' programming language</a> <quote>Launching a new language is easy - getting it used is hard. The combination of existing code and existing skills is a strong barrier to adoption, and even excellent languages like Ruby and Python have struggled to break out of their niches. What hope is there for F#, the new language that Microsoft has sneaked into Visual Studio 2010, launched this month? "I think it's an amazing moment," says its principal designer, Microsoft researcher Don Syme, an Australian now based in Cambridge. "It represents part of the history of programming language design and development here in the UK." Perhaps it does. But you would not know it from most of Microsoft's marketing effort for the new Visual Studio. F# tends to get lost in the fuss about other new features.</quote>