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February 2009 - Posts

Let’s Wax Functional 02/27/2009

Posted Friday, February 27, 2009 4:22 PM by RickM
This week I have a very diverse set of topics:  First, using the functional programming concept of folds in C# to reimplement much of LINQ.  Then a bit of reflection on F# Grammar Parsers.  Finally, some community discussion on real world Read More...
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How to determine which language(s) were used to build a .NET assembly

Posted Thursday, February 26, 2009 6:00 AM by RickM
While in most cases there is no explicit information in an assembly as to which languages it was compiled from, it is possible to make an educated guess as to which languages were used.  This is due to the fact that each different .NET compiler leaves Read More...
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Functional Discoveries in the Microsoft Sociocosm 02/20/2009

Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 12:41 PM by RickM
This week we have practical examples of Lazy Evaluation with Memoization, an interview with Don Syme and a discussion on the Visitor Pattern’s place in F#.  Also, any comments on the new title for my weekly posting would be appreciated.   Forum Read More...
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Discoveries This Week 02/13/2009

Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 10:43 AM by RickM
A wide range of subjects this week including testing, concurrent performance, exception handing and data structures.   Software – FsStory, a library for writing executable user stories in F# I feel that F#, with it’s concise syntax, is an ideal framework Read More...
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Why OO may not suck, or, Take a ride on the Falsus Omnibus

Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 6:00 AM by RickM
This post is in response to Joe Armstrong’s Why OO Sucks .  While I feel that Joe’s post reads more like an sermon than a stream of rational thought, it does bring up a number of misconceptions I feel many people in the functional programming world Read More...
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One of these languages is not like the others - Part 1 - Enforcement of Abstract Implementation

Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:47 AM by RickM
This is the first in a series of posts on the topic of interaction between different .NET languages.  I will cover all of the major Microsoft languages: C#, Visual Basic, F# and C++/CLI. In this first post in the series I will build a four language Read More...
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Discoveries This Week 02/06/2009

Posted Friday, February 06, 2009 11:24 AM by RickM
Some interesting gems this week. Revit, Closures and MathTools won the day. However, I do hope you'll take a look at the IL post as well. Blog – Jeremy Tammik’s Use F# Directly in Revit In Jeremy’s post he discusses what is initially necessary to get Read More...
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