Rick Minerich's Development Wonderland : puzzles, fsharp, RockScroll

Rick Minerich's Development Wonderland : puzzles, fsharp, RockScrollhttp://www.atalasoft.com/cs/blogs/rickm/archive/tags/puzzles/fsharp/RockScroll/default.aspxTags: puzzles, fsharp, RockScrollenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)F# Discoveries This Week 08/27/2010http://www.atalasoft.com/cs/blogs/rickm/archive/2010/08/27/f-discoveries-this-week-08-27-2010.aspxSat, 28 Aug 2010 00:04:06 GMT647108ca-f046-4d8d-9feb-a7fbd2049b37:20986RickM1http://www.atalasoft.com/cs/blogs/rickm/comments/20986.aspxhttp://www.atalasoft.com/cs/blogs/rickm/commentrss.aspx?PostID=20986http://www.atalasoft.com/cs/blogs/rickm/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=20986<p>I’m back again with another edition of F# Discoveries this Week.  The most exciting announcement this week is the new F# August 2010 CTP which brings with it the ability to build your own VS2010 F# Express Edition with Visual Studio Shell and the prospect of building F# applications on Windows Phone 7.  Be sure to check out Daniel Mohl’s Windows Phone 7 template before getting started.</p> <p> </p> <h1 align="center">News and Upcoming Talks</h1> <h3><a href="http://lorgonblog.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!701679AD17B6D310!2135.entry">F# (August 2010 CTP)</a></h3> <h3><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dsyme/archive/2010/08/17/announcing-the-f-2-0-free-tools-for-net-4-0.aspx">Announcing the F# 2.0 Standalone Tools Update</a></h3> <h3><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dsyme/archive/2010/08/17/a-standing-invitation-to-f-users-to-quot-get-in-touch-quot.aspx">A standing invitation to F# users to "get in touch"</a></h3> <h3><a href="http://fsharpnews.blogspot.com/2010/08/don-syme-lecturing-at-functional.html">Don Syme lecturing at the F#unctional Londoners Meetup (9/9)</a> </h3> <p> </p> <h1 align="center">Tools and Libraries</h1> <p><a href="http://fdatamining.blogspot.com/2010/08/wekasharp-f-wrapper-for-weka.html"></a></p> <h3><a href="http://fdatamining.blogspot.com/2010/08/wekasharp-f-wrapper-for-weka.html">WekaSharp: An F# wrapper for Weka</a> (Yin Zhu)</h3> <h3><a href="http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/52928c6e-f77f-4ebd-a2f9-9815111bfa33">F# and C# Win Phone List Template (Silverlight)</a> (Daniel Mohl)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://fsai.codeplex.com/releases/view/51337&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i1:lt:e0:p0:t1282930270:&cd=eti_CaoC4lg&usg=AFQjCNFE4CEYJxUJWQ3cDzIZJ6SMG8WhhQ">fsai Release <b>FSharp</b> AI library 1.10.0</a> (Lukáš Kouřil)</h3> <h3><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/walmsleyk/through_the_interface/~3/UvCysIY6dYA/rockscroll-my-new-favourite-visual-studio-add-in.html">RockScroll: my new favourite Visual Studio Add-In</a> (Kean Walmsley)</h3> <p> </p> <h1 align="center">Video, Audio and Slides</h1> <h3><a href="http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/2010/08/24/slides-and-samples-from-f-talk-in-manche">Slides and samples from F# talk in Manchester</a> (Oliver Sturm)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.trelford.com/blog/post.aspx?id=aead0ae1-9be2-4a67-9b8b-8516ace8bd2e">F# Intro Talk at NextGenUG in So’ton</a> (Phillip Trelford)</h3> <h3><a href="http://strangelights.com/blog/archive/2010/08/15/slides-from.aspx">Slides from Combinators, DSLs, HTML, and F#</a> (Robert Pickering)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.inetachamps.com/Live/Presentation/ViewVideo/119">Busy .NET Developer’s Guide to F#: Basics</a> (Ted Neward)</h3> <p> </p> <h1 align="center">Technical Articles </h1> <h3><a href="http://blog.ctaggart.com/2010/08/itunes-via-f-interactive.html">iTunes via F# Interactive</a> (Cameron Taggart)</h3> <h3><a href="http://lorgonblog.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!701679AD17B6D310!2144.entry">F# for puzzles (Morse code decoder)</a> (Brian McNamara)</h3> <h3><a href="http://langexplr.blogspot.com/2010/08/extracting-elements-from-win32-resource.html">Extracting elements from Win32 resource files</a> (Luis Diego Fallas)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dsyme/archive/2010/08/16/a-variation-on-matt-moloney-s-undo-redo-quot-memento-quot-pattern.aspx&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1281985290:&cd=3GxHEKpf1t0&usg=AFQjCNEKd2idQhny1fNIgHlmfdPez_kHFA">A variation on Matt Moloney's "Memento" pattern</a><b></b> (Don Syme)</h3> <h3><a href="http://techneilogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/bound-variables-in-f-what-reflection.html">Bound Variables in F#: What Reflection Reveals</a> (Neil Carrier)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.ademiller.com/blogs/tech/2010/08/getting-f-running-on-a-continuous-integration-server/">Getting F# Running on a Continuous Integration Server</a> (Ade Miller)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://softwareobjects.net/technology/other/how-fs-async-really-works/&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1282477894:&cd=k9CaH95wgpM&usg=AFQjCNE5hHs-c_JhaGAhddvysqJEh-kjRA">How F#'s async really works?</a><b></b> (George Cullen)</h3> <h3><a href="http://techneilogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/segment-tree-in-f.html">Segment Tree in F#</a><b></b> (Neil Carrier)</h3> <h3><a href="http://techneilogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/bound-variables-in-f-what-reflection.html">Bound Variables in F#: What Reflection Reveals</a> (Neil Carrier)</h3> <h3><a href="http://techneilogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/fuzzy-logic-experiments-in-f.html">Fuzzy Logic Experiments in F#</a> (Neil Carrier)</h3> <h3><a href="http://techneilogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/fuzzy-logic-in-f-example-1.html">Fuzzy Logic in F#, Example 1</a> (Neil Carrier)</h3> <h3><a href="http://techneilogy.blogspot.com/2010/08/fuzzy-logic-in-f-now-more-functional.html">Fuzzy Logic in F#, Now More Functional!</a> (Neil Carrier)</h3> <h3><b><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://fadsworld.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/f-fun-with-windows-phone-7/&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1282782072:&cd=XJ2ShkoVq68&usg=AFQjCNEVAt95lQVSqeKm0dXE8akP53iHFA">F# “fun” with Windows Phone 7</a></b> (Fahad)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ginktage.com/2010/08/getting-started-with-windows-phone-development-in-f/&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1282782072:&cd=XJ2ShkoVq68&usg=AFQjCNFkiiIJ8A2z_FqyO80eFhZDFH3t6Q">Getting started with Windows Phone in F#</a><b></b> (Senthil Kumar)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://geekswithblogs.net/MarkPearl/archive/2010/08/10/f-ndash-euler-problem-10.aspx&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1281458885:&cd=77K9bIUXzKc&usg=AFQjCNGYPsaDckXurAteHIDLK3HWbPTgsg">Euler Problem 10</a> (Mark Pearl)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://geekswithblogs.net/MarkPearl/archive/2010/08/19/f-euler-problem-16.aspx&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1282272232:&cd=iOkk_mPI5OU&usg=AFQjCNF2R_3U79eEDh20M9sCdzx8OTlFwQ">Euler Problem 16</a> (Mark Pearl)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://stefanoricciardi.com/2010/08/25/project-euler-problem-9-in-f/&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1282782072:&cd=XJ2ShkoVq68&usg=AFQjCNFTZJd0PBQ7zDbA5ChBQvwh4sHQaA">Project Euler Problem 9 in F#</a> (Stefano Ricciardi)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://stefanoricciardi.com/2010/08/17/project-euler-problem-8-in-f/&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1282093587:&cd=4z9k6saNi7w&usg=AFQjCNGx1unUptRzK4gbwfDu0QIHY2TlTQ">Project Euler Problem 8 in F#</a> (Stefano Ricciardi)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://stefanoricciardi.com/2010/08/16/project-euler-problem-6-and-7-in-f/&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1281985290:&cd=3GxHEKpf1t0&usg=AFQjCNGChfVG9VJJM1rEr-nmTW3PPpivxA">Project Euler Problem 6 and 7 in F#</a> (Stefano Ricciardi)</h3> <h3><a href="http://bugsquash.blogspot.com/2010/08/enumerableskip-vs-seqskip.html">Enumerable.Skip vs Seq.skip</a> (Mauricio Scheffer)</h3> <p> </p> <h1 align="center">Getting Started and Evangelism Articles</h1> <h3><a href="http://www.whattofix.com/blog/archives/2010/08/putting-the-fun.php">Putting the fun in functional programming</a> (Daniel Markham)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://weblogs.asp.net/mehfuzh/archive/2010/08/13/back-to-school-getting-to-know-f.aspx&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1281725004:&cd=nWaDOrnHOkg&usg=AFQjCNEt4SFUTNN2qHc898t8hQw9TMZaLg">Back to school : Getting to know F#</a> (Mehfuz Hossain)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blog.goblinfactory.co.uk/archive/2010/08/22/learning-f-by-writing-c.aspx&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1282511650:&cd=rHNkQ7SbUSo&usg=AFQjCNF7jUd2cMmvStSryTOU7ARVIc_5dQ">Learning <b>F#</b> by writing C#</a> (Alan Hemmings)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://geekswithblogs.net/JoshReuben/archive/2010/08/25/f---sharper-than-c.aspx&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1282782072:&cd=XJ2ShkoVq68&usg=AFQjCNFlk5Pxb8TN4YVtIJapTEywbtotBA"><b>F#</b> - sharper than C#</a> (Josh Reuben)</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.dotnetconvo.com/post/view/2010/8/20/learning-f-for-c-developers&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i1:lt:e0:p0:t1282587993:&cd=iP9qcob4U6w&usg=AFQjCNFDcRBEP_8LeeTOVfwtLMl0apMk3Q">Learning F# for C# developers</a> (Bill Morrissey)</h3> <p> </p> <h1 align="center">F# Community</h1> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php%3Ff%3D20%26t%3D1120310&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i1:lt:e0:p0:t1282806817:&cd=_I4tOE61sI8&usg=AFQjCNHpTr1EpLmR4n30m6hOCqbkAdSVjw">Ars Technica - What do you think of F# ?</a> </h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3484315/how-to-merge-sorted-sequences-in-f&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i1:lt:e0:p0:t1281845656:&cd=flQlhVWmQLE&usg=AFQjCNEbMY53___uEv5A5iCUSMcI0TDRTA">SO - How to merge sorted sequences in F#.</a> </h3> <h3><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3544036/which-to-use-c-or-f-in-this-real-world-case&ct=ga&cad=:s7:f1:v0:d2:i2:lt:e0:p0:t1282544745:&cd=lj7VIHepRJM&usg=AFQjCNEdMuc-OKFR--h8n7QPnFZ8iQP5GA">SO - Which to use, C# or F#? 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