F # appears in Visual Studio

Microsoft plans to introduce support for the functional F # programming language (pronounced “F sharp”) into the Visual Studio development environment. This was announced by the vice-president of the Microsoft Developer Division in his blog . This is still unofficial information, and no deadlines have been announced, but everything goes to that.



The F # language is based on the principles of functional programming, that is, the calculation process is interpreted as calculating the values ​​of functions in the mathematical sense. This differs from the imperative programming paradigm, in which the calculation process is described as a sequence of instructions, similar to orders, changing the state of the program. In addition to F #, the list of functional languages ​​includes Lisp, Miranda, Haskell, ML, and others.



The texts of F # programs are similar to algebra, they are excellent for describing mathematical functions, which is required in the development of financial, scientific, technical and other applications. F # language supports interactive scripts such as Python, can work with .Net libraries and database tools.



On this topic:

Notes about functional programming on Habré: first and second .