F# is a functional-first programming language for the .NET platform, developed at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, mainly by Don Syme. It first appeared in 2005 and is based on ML and OCaml, which provide type inference, pattern matching and immutable data, and it also supports object-oriented and imperative styles. F# is used in finance, data analysis and scientific computing, as well as for web and cloud applications. Microsoft integrated it into Visual Studio in 2010, and since then it has been open source and available on other operating systems. It influenced features added to other languages, such as C#.
Before and after
- 2005Release of Git
- 2005Publication of Twilight
- 2005Launch of Google Books
- 2005Release of Wikimania
- 2005Creation of F#
- 20052005 becomes the warmest year on record
- 5 January 2005Release of Uncyclopedia
- 12 January 2005Launch of Deep Impact
- 21 January 2005Birth of IShowSpeed
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