Foreword
A new language needs a simple and clear introductory book that makes it accessible to a broad range of programmers. In Foundations of F#, Robert Pickering has captured the essential elements that the professional programmer needs to master in order to get started with F# and .NET. As the designer of F#, I am thrilled to see Robert take up the challenge of presenting F# in a way that is accessible to a wide audience.
F# combines the simplicity and elegance of typed functional programming with the strengths of the .NET platform. Although typed functional programming is relatively new to many programmers and thus requires some learning, in many ways it makes programming simpler. This is mainly because F# programs tend to be built from compositional, ...
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