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Expert F#

AUTHOR Syme, Don; Granicz, Adam; Cisternino, Antonio
PUBLISHER Apress (12/07/2007)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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In combination with .NET, F# achieves unrivaled levels of programmer productivity and program clarity. Expert F# puts the power and elegance of functional programming into the hands of professional developers. Written by F#'s inventor and two major contributors to its development, Expert F# is the authoritative, comprehensive, and in-depth guide to the language and its use. Designed to help others become experts, the first part of the book quickly yet carefully describes the F# language. The second part then carefully shows how to elegantly use F# for a wide variety of practical programming tasks. This comprehensive reference of F# concepts, syntax, and features details how to code elegant F# solutions with expert technique and style; how to develop Windows, web, graphics, and database applications in F#; and much more.

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ISBN-13: 9781590598504
ISBN-10: 1590598504
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 609
Carton Quantity: 7
Product Dimensions: 7.21 x 1.51 x 9.36 inches
Weight: 2.18 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Computers | Languages - General
Computers | Programming - Microsoft
Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General
Dewey Decimal: 005.13
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Written by F#s designer and two active contributors, this authoritative, comprehensive, and in-depth guide to the language and its use is designed to help others become experts. The text gives a thorough introduction to the F# language from quick essentials to in-depth advanced topics.
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In combination with .NET, F# achieves unrivaled levels of programmer productivity and program clarity. Expert F# puts the power and elegance of functional programming into the hands of professional developers. Written by F#'s inventor and two major contributors to its development, Expert F# is the authoritative, comprehensive, and in-depth guide to the language and its use. Designed to help others become experts, the first part of the book quickly yet carefully describes the F# language. The second part then carefully shows how to elegantly use F# for a wide variety of practical programming tasks. This comprehensive reference of F# concepts, syntax, and features details how to code elegant F# solutions with expert technique and style; how to develop Windows, web, graphics, and database applications in F#; and much more.

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Author: Syme, Don
Don Syme is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, and the main designer of F#. Since joining Microsoft Research in 1998, he has been a seminal contributor to a wide variety of leading-edge projects, including generics in C# and the .NET Common Language Runtime, F# itself, F# asynchronous programming and units of measure in F#. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in 1999.
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