MSDN Async Article Online

The MSDN F# Async article is now online (thanks to Don Syme and Luke Hoban for review and comments).

2008 Predictions

Ehud Lamm posted a request for PL predictions in 2008. I can’t help but wonder what will happen … but as far as the functional aspects of programming languages go, there are several things I would like to see in 2008. I have to decided to list these in the form of future blog titles … let’s see how many of them actually come true.

Austin Functional Programmers grows by an order of magnitude.

Jon Harrop completes and publishes F# for Scientists 2 months ahead of schedule

Real World Haskell gets completed and is followed by a wave Haskell enthusiasm in the professional programmer community. Haskell jobs are plentiful.

I finally have an explanation for monads that doesn’t require further explanation.

I tell people that I am a professional functional programmer, and no awkward silence follows.

What would you like to see happen?

Josh Smith on WPF and F#

Josh Smith, who has a blog I recently found on WPF wrote a few nice articles about F# back in late October and specifically his “aha” moments while interacting with WPF.  Fun reading for functional programming enthusiasts who might be new to WPF (as I am).

More F# Posts

Don Syme recently mentioned on his blog Harry Pierson’s [Microsoft Enterprise Application Services] short series about F#.  Some good reading on the strengths and not-so strengths of F#.