This week’s theme is functional programming.  Included are discussions on Software Transactional Memory, Functional Architecture and the impact of the CLR on functional Programming in .NET.   Blog: Brandon Werner’s Software Transactional Memory: Debunked! In starting with a title that is decidedly sensationalistic, Brandon effectively ...

It’s been a very exciting week.  I actually had more things to post than time would allow me to write about.  I’ll have to save them for next time.   Blog: Daniel Spiewak’s What is Hindley-Milner? (and why is it cool?) Hindley-Milner is the algorithm all these fancy programming languages like F# and Haskell for type ...

I’ve decided to post a roundup for the week of what I feel were some of the most important blog posts and application releases I happened upon.  Who knows, if it goes well maybe I’ll even make it a habit.  In this edition: Windows Live Writer Release Candidate, Executor, IronPython 2.0, Saving DotNetKicks and The Real World Haskell Book ...