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F# High Performance
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F# High Performance

by Eriawan Kusumawardhono
January 2017
Intermediate to advanced
338 pages
7h 51m
English
Packt Publishing
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Quick introduction to types in F#

Types in F# are basically categorized as two types: types in .NET BCL and types that are only available in F#. Although there are types specific to F#, these F# types can be used in C#/VB because basically all F# types are implemented on top of .NET CLR.

Based on .NET CLI standard partition I section I.8.2 about value types and reference types, the documentation is divided into two kinds of types:

  • Value type: The values described by a value type are self-contained (each can be understood without reference to other values). It is using one of the basic, built-in data types or a user-defined structure. The exception of this built-in type is a string; it is reference type. In F#/C#/VB, this value type is also known ...
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