F#

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Author: Microsoft

Latest version: 2.0.0.0 (August 2010 Community Technology Preview)
Added 2003-05-21Updated 2010-11-05

Language combining the strong typing, scripting and productivity of ML with the libraries, cross-language working and tools of .NET.

F# gives you a combination of:
- interactive scripting like Python
- the foundations for an interactive data visualization environment like MATLAB
- the strong type inference and safety of ML
- a cross-compiling compatible core shared with the popular OCaml language
- a performance profile like that of C#
- access to the entire range of .NET libraries and database tools

Features include:
- Intellisense interactive XML documentation help
- 64-bit support. F# compiler, F# Interactive and F# for Visual Studio now run correctly on x64 and ia64 machines.
- Matrix library
- Compositional, customizable structured printing. An approach to user-definable structured display of terms.

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