Concurrency in .NET

B F# overview

This appendix explores the basic syntax of F#, which is an established general-­purpose functional first language with object-oriented programming (OOP) support. In fact, F# embraces the .NET common language infrastructure (CLI) object model, which allows the declaration of interfaces, classes, and abstract classes. Furthermore, F# is a statically and strongly typed language, which means that the compiler can detect the data type of variables and functions at compile time. F#’s syntax is different from C-style languages, such as C#, because curly braces aren’t used to delimit blocks of code. Moreover, whitespace rather than commas and indentation is important to separate arguments and delimit the scope of a function body. In ...