F#

So anyway I have begun my foray into F#.  Because I plan to use .net in my next project I think it will be fun to learn F# in addition to C# and use both languges in the project.  To this end I just ordered Expert F#.  Knowing /prog/ is infinitely more expert then me: 

what does /prog/ think about .net?
what does /prog/ think about F# (ocaml)?
What type of tasks are better to be performed in F# vs C# (Math type tasks heavy)?

>>46

The CLR is certainly not slower than JVM. The way Sun lazily implements shit on JVM will always keep it slow.

Did you generics in Java are just a boxing to and from Object macro. That is some insanely lazy incredibly non-per formant shit. With Sun being that fucking lazy it is actually a benefit to everyone if they hadn't implemented generics in Java.

At least .Net creates the code as a static class and then keeps variable tables for each instance. Probably the best implementation. (And no, while C++ template macros are better than Javas generic macros, it still lacks competent compiler checking).

>>47

While that would probably be ideal, in the real world we most likley will never see anything like that. Left to their own devices, people would rather just fragment the shit out of everything: see Linux.