F# goes from research to product

S. Somasegar (Microsoft Corporate VP, Developer Division) announced today that F# is going to be “productized”.

This is really great news! I'm glad Microsoft decided to promote the language. As with many research projects, I was afraid that it would fade away, or that some of its features would've been cherry–picked and rolled into C#. It's good to see that it will see the light of day now.

Here are a few F# related links:

• F# at Microsoft Research
• Don Syme's WebLog (F# creator)
  • Expert F# (book)
• Robert Pickering's Blog (F# enthusiast and author)
  • Foundations of F# (book)