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>Remember, F# came from MS research based on the established working .Net framework, and was tighly tied to fundamental framework improvements (like generics an
by vram22 8y ago
>Remember, F# came from MS research based on the established working .Net framework, and was tighly tied to fundamental framework improvements (like generics and dynamics). It was built by hardcore .Netters, it's the first "true" .Net language,
What are "dynamics" in this context?
>and it bases major language features on deep-down .Net capabilites not found in other VMs.
Can you give some examples of that?
- profquail 8y ago“Dynamic” in GP’s answer is referencing .NET’s support for dynamic typing (which works in both C# and F#): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/types/using-type-dynamic https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-g...
- vram22 8y agoThanks, will check that out.
- kazinator 8y agoThat just looks earth-shatteringly non-portable; it cannot possibly exist anywhere but .NET.
- loeg 8y agoAhem. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/vm/multiple-language-support.html#invokedynamic https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/vm/mu...